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Title: Transsexual Scots teen hopes new BBC TV show will give confidence to other young
Post by: stephaniec on August 23, 2015, 12:49:58 PM
Transsexual Scots teen hopes new BBC TV show will give confidence to other youngsters

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/transsexual-scots-teen-hopes-new-6304385

Daily Record/13:39, 23 August 2015 By Jenny Morrison


"TRANSEXUAL teenager Bee Wallace can't remember when she first realised she was a girl trapped inside a boy's body.

But the 18-year-old says whenever it was, the love of her family and friends meant she never had to live a lie.

She hails their support for giving her the strength and confidence to seek medical help. And at just 14, she became one of the youngest people in Scotland to be officially diagnosed with gender dysphoria."
Title: Re: Transsexual Scots teen hopes new BBC TV show will give confidence to other young
Post by: sandrauk on August 27, 2015, 05:02:49 AM
Link to program:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0675519/transsexual-stories

Transsexual Stories
Filmed over a year, Transsexual Stories features Anne, Gladys, Carla, Bee and Jan - five trans women at various stages of transition. From 17-year-old Bee Wallace, who is just beginning her hormone therapy, to Glady's Patterson, a 77-year-old retired antiques dealer who had her full sex change operation at the age of 69. Anne, an ex-soldier turned bus driver from Perth, has recently come out to her family, work colleagues and regular passengers. It's tough coming out in the public eye, but Anne must prove to doctors and psychologists that she can live and work full-time as a woman if she hopes to be approved for the surgery that will physically change her from male to female.