AAs on Raising Awareness About the "T" in LGBT
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By Nalea J. Ko, Reporter
Growing up in California, Aiden Aizumi did not always feel comfortable with the role he was born into. Adopted from Japan with his brother, Stefen Lawrence, Aiden Aizumi grew up in Arcadia, Calif.
He was born as a girl in Japan, and named Ashley Akemi. But in 2008 he would openly express his desire to transition to a male.
"I never really related to being a girl, or having a female body," Aiden Aizumi explained. "While everybody around me was becoming really proud and comfortable with their body, I was becoming more uncomfortable. I think I learned a lot from being raised socially as a woman, but I never felt like one."
But before Aiden Aizumi, 22, came forward about his desire to transition to a male, he struggled in his own skin.
