Experience: I'm a man and a woman
'The only person I told was a priest who offered to pray for me, but it wasn't prayers I needed'
Pedro Juan Perez
guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 October 2011 17.59 EDT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/14/i-am-a-man-and-a-woman-experienceIhad always been a sickly child, suffering more than my fair share of childhood ailments: asthma, chest infections and flu. Other kids called me a "weaky" because I was skinny and hopeless at sport. I hated rough-and-tumble boys' games and preferred knitting, but I had no idea my feminine leanings were down to genetics.
Then, when I was 13, I collapsed while riding my bike. My immune system was run down and I underwent a series of tests. They diagnosed Klinefelter's syndrome, which means I have three sex chromosomes, XXY, instead of the normal XY for a male, or XX for a female. The condition affects up to one in 1,000 boys – physically I'm male, but genetically I'm male and female.