Link When I read about a 12-year-old being given hormone injections to stop her development as she had been born in a boy's body I almost had a pang of jealousy. I hadn't had the courage to speak out when I was that age. I knew there was something different about me from very early on. Even by the age of two I had more in common with girls than boys. Boys were much more aggressive and competitive. I would play with my sister's Barbie toys and imagine myself as a girl.
I went to an all-boys school when I was 11. I couldn't talk to other people about how I felt because it was a very aggressive, competitive environment. I was bullied. I used to get tripped up and was accused of being gay. I knew puberty was taking me the wrong way. It was hard to cope with getting body and facial hair and my voice breaking.
