Real life: Mum paid £4,000 to help me remove my boobs and become a man
by Cherry Wilson, Daily Mirror 8/11/2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/real-life/2011/11/08/real-life-mum-paid-4-000-to-help-me-remove-my-boobs-and-become-a-man-115875-23545395/ (http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/real-life/2011/11/08/real-life-mum-paid-4-000-to-help-me-remove-my-boobs-and-become-a-man-115875-23545395/)
Taking a big, deep breath, Jessica Danes looked her mum Victoria in the eye and blurted out the words she had been longing to say for years.
She was terrified the bombshell she was about to unleash would shatter the close bond they shared.
But Jessica, now 21, simply couldn't keep quiet any more. The secret she'd kept almost all her life was eating away at her.
"Mum," she said. "I'm sorry. I want to be a boy."