Sex swap at 69: Meet the oldest person in Britain to have full sex change
by Alison Smith-Squire, Sunday Mirror 13/11/2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/13/i-became-a-woman-at-69-meet-the-oldest-person-in-britain-to-have-a-full-sex-change-115875-23557135/ (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/13/i-became-a-woman-at-69-meet-the-oldest-person-in-britain-to-have-a-full-sex-change-115875-23557135/)
As she natters over cups of tea with other ladies in the village, Donna Smith looks just like any other pensioner.
But until five years ago, Donna, 74, was a man called Donald.
Then in 2006, at the age of 69, she became the oldest person in the UK to undergo a full sex-change operation.
"Some people might wonder why I bothered to go through such a major operation at such a late age," she says in her first-ever interview. "But knowing I will die as a proper woman has come as a huge relief."
At 65, I surely am the oldest "full sex-change" (bahh) in South Africa - and most grateful NOT to be a News Item, eish! :-)
Under cover,
Axelle