turn their backs on democracy. and what does this mean for the upcoming your next the enemy within thought to lie. 12 on the so fee was born in the body of a boy, but the gender she was assigned to earth never felt right. as i started feeling something was wrong as a child and the human that got much worse and few between extreme. then once i left home, i made the decision. i'm so fee. now spend the old name their number cuz they have not assessed math. we're accompanying the 13 year old on her journey to her new self look. almost 16 is trans. he experienced diverse reactions when he 1st came out that sometimes to me, so that is being trans isn't really socially acceptable and good enough to get put

down a lot of my stuff for you. they'll always be people who want to accept it. it's almost half a century since nora discovered her true identity or transition to a new self be kind in west berlin in the 1970s. if i guess at 1st, i have a 1000 questions. how would it will work? because it's not just about building yourself up and heading out some of the towns or shaming ones, the ones who stop living your life as trends steps when the problems come along as it be just to put him on 3 trans people from 3 generations. what moves them? how do they want to live? these are their stories, the fee lives near frank, foot of the cashier has been living as

a woman for several years and there's no decided to have sex reassignment surgery. the operation is due to start soon. so that's often ok, let's be waiting almost exactly 6 months my operation date. and 6 weeks ago i got the letter saying the operation can go ahead. i'm going through with that just to us. no compromises kind of, i'll be seeing it through to the end doors. it's what i want. that's all the 30 year old finally has an appointment for her 1st of 2 operations. until now she's be making do with hormones, which is the 1st stage of the actual transition for most of those concerned the proximal, moist, crazy what the whole names do. i've been taking them for 4 years now and then lots has changed and there's a point where i don't see it myself anymore. which office do? they say things like, he's become turkey fan and you look at the stream, the good. it gives me a real basis on that,

sir. for the 1st few weeks after the operation, it will be up to 0 fee to make sure that turn huge and the tools retain their ability to function. the necessary stretching needs have already arrived. ok, hope code. now it's getting serious. it becomes really sinking in now quite most of these. i'm looking forward to this appointment. no, i'm looking forward to my vagina. it's good for him to be glad when it's all behind me sent him. yes. the good news of fees be managing by herself for years. she certainly doesn't want to spend the days before and after the medical procedure alone, her best friend pascal will be keeping her company on the way to the university hospital. and as of may have happened, it's really important to me that my best friend is coming on because he's being that from the beginning. i don't think i to cope emotionally on my end tomorrow

specializes. i probably came in and black out really quick. see, i'm awesome. and that's the last thing she wants. she'd have to wait months for another appointment to lucca will be 16 in a few months. from a very early age. he felt he was a boy born in a girl's bounty. as family have receive psychological counseling and they support his transition. in addition to that, i be here for about 8 to come. i didn't go through female puberty because it's i was put on hold on block as soon as it started and that stopped everything. and then after about 3 years, i started taking testosterone, very low doses, so that i could grow, might have access. the testosterone will make his body increasingly masculine flashback. we started the comforting, the 12 year old on camera back in 2019 luca was being treated by hormones

specialist doctor of this tough experienced. and why don't you stand over here and we'll see how tall you are. it's an important stage. and lucas journey was the name change. oh, my old id card still says leo needed, you know, clearly i'm leaving it here at last and it will be deleted. 2023 luca is once again on his way to the end, the chronologist doctor. first off. we specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents and handbook, and view of the risky procedures is crucial for adult. her 1st health, the patients be thoroughly informed the incidental from the incidence of transport as has arisen significantly in recent years, quotes and 70 percent of young people who come to us are transported from early childhood. luca was a typical trans boy with typical boyish behavioral patterns on that. i'm much more confident with that. and then when somebody suddenly discovers this trans issue

during puberty at the age of 12 or 13 and comes to me saying, i saw this youtube video and then everything was clear to me video because then well that's when the alarm bells go up in my head by me and the alarm clock and the expert works closely with psychologist on site, the therapist to reload snap judgments. good luca and his mom are also accompanied through the process to phoenix. by friday i had lots of doubts, especially when it started with the woman blow, cuz we didn't start with the test of the room, which we gave home and broke us quite early on in funding because the older sister started puberty early on. that's exactly what i wanted to spend my child out of everything he was expressing. what's your it was just points close and actually his name well dressed as a short have of intimate to go into the boys toilet to let the i'm so they will face is where you could see he was guessing happy mclaughlin had in

the mid seventies that was already clear to nora, the she wanted to go through life as a woman. but it wasn't too many years later that she fully came out. today. her trans identity is an important part of the 69 year old life. just as i make sure that you speed fixtures, google docs may retain important to me relatively late in 2018, 2019. when retirement was approaching and i was planning this new phase of life for it. i wanted to become visible, is the trans person piece of it being visible domestically became linked with activism by that. so i mean something up for the interests of trans people because that's even, this is just to educate mainstream society and that's very important to me and it's making my last stage of life feel quite meaningful names of shit i'm going to present on said nora was 19 when she moved to west fairly soon she

was working in a night club, the legendary issue when we have they are surrounded by other trends people. the young woman is freely express or so. yeah, i know we all have tremendous self confidence and as far as mainstream society goes, we didn't see little, well they might've seen is those freaks. but that wasn't a problem because it was that problem with this, right. so i'll ask the tools to pull things, they've no idea um to the costs for the biggest disadvantage in the seventy's was being excluded from the regular labor market. so it really was the case of trends, women, mainly west of nice stuff. so with various options, but of course i just like to have continued in my day job. this stuff has been possible. i was working in the large bookshelf at the time, but there was no chance of staying that of a, as far from i would say toys that's applied 6 years after her transition bureau left the night life behind and no covertly trends started working as a secretary she wrote several books as an opera critic today the active as aims to

dispel prejudices about trans people. closer to i think a lot of people are starting from a false premise when they say that trends means living in the wrong body. and i say, i've never had that feeling and i can use it for all the body we have and the solve both e and we can never leave as a cub. i've never has of feelings that i'm a deficient being that mark something. on the contrary, i felt i was given something in addition to my body's gender, a different gender identity. so i am body human entity and masculinity. at the same time, i mean, i think that's pure luxury, 400 offices. it's october 2022. so fee is on the way to a new body to model with the trends when will undergo sex reassignment surgery firms, i'm supposed to report some lack of

a good time for well and just a moment here at s and university hospital sex reassignment surgery for trans women has been a routine operation for years. the fees, best friend pascall, who has traveled with her for emotional support is still laurie's fear shit and value performance. so she's a very loving person. corporate for that. she's not my big sister just. we've gone through everything together. joy, fear, pretty much everything that's in this house. oh, by fear. i think she's my best friend of the fees. main concern is to have a body that sexually female. but she also hopes the upcoming medical procedure will lead to more acceptance in everyday life. so these, these us, my staff home and all right, so, so those not the every day instances where, yes, your try me, i'm in the most a woman. you'll never be a woman to find

a bit of makeup plan to make one on the quotes. as i've heard a tool i think is once i've had surgery, this trends thing is done with the good to expect that this, even if a lot of people will probably still say i'm transgender, i'm confident that step is doesn't do that. so my, for me, the word transgender or trends, one to exist anymore, accepted on the summer in the afternoon to feed, meets, or surgeon professor has or do you have any questions before the operation tomorrow? i'm really worried about being able to feel the need of either because i can best be on my own. well, we've asked our patients about that after the operation. when that is phones with us, the about 96 percent say they had some feeling unlikely to risk sampling infinitum help. in fact, we can't around 90 percent say they were capable of oregon and i problem i've got the most recent. okay, that's reassuring. there are various theories or why increasing numbers of people

are identifying as trends. the doctor has a simple explanation and thoughts funds which on 20 years ago, many people didn't even realize that this existing comp, i myself, had little or no contact with it. before i came here to the clinic 15 years ago, glen, so i also had to learn how to deal with the topic over the 5th time, i think social acceptance has improved and people are more inform me to think about them. that's why there are more people who can find a word or how they feel it and look as though it's a new school where he has to repeat his high school diploma. so we thought how was school? good. yes, that's that. okay, now. okay, what time look our newest, there's prejudice against trans people. when it gets to enough english in public, i'd never say i'm trans. didn't say openly at school in case you just have to be

careful who utah with most people. it's better not to say anything because once you sites within your, the outside and then your mom's bullet 12 and all that, i list the ones on luca already experienced this in 2019. when he came out in his film the you'll have to take test of june for the rest of his life. does not bother him. smile, it's close to us. ok, i have asked me to and that's when i have to take my asthma spray every morning or so. and it's exactly the same, but it's just normal for me. i can't imagine life without it not. and it's just upset if i stop taking it, everything would reverse in my body. and i'd go through female puberty truth and just like a supervisor, it's on. and then you certainly don't want to not do that. no, i don't want that nice for luca at the moment is all about his identity and having the right body body. he's becoming more and more comfortable

with the nice that you mentioned in my ice hockey team, some notes and sometimes, you know, concerned it's no more for me to shower with the team. just in my underway is not a problem to help and, and i think it's really great how they show consideration for making this name. ice hockey is a constant and because light flashed back back in 2019 the way, luca was 12 company to him to training. there won't be much time for sport over the next few months. luca has to concentrate on school and leaving exams. the doors committed to the rights of trans people. a loss of her self confidence dance and her job in the seventy's, the cloakroom attendant at the berlin bay club. she will meet her at

this time, of course there was a sudden and security in the beginning, especially going to work in the evening and coming back home in the morning. at 1st i tried to ignore the looks, but at some point i actually sold out eye contact. i wanted to be looked at the cook and gender reassignment surgery was never an option for the trends with nor i loves her body exactly as it is the finished dollars on to fix been house on the street and it's unlikely any one would think. i know some women open, but when i'm standing naked in front of the mirror, i know mindful decent on by entering. this is always labeled in congress going as if that comes be female presses with male sexual characteristics, respect. i don't see any contradiction and not the see if others see as well. so that'll be the appropriate and not mine's, especially since the end of the money is. mine's john still feels connected to the queer community tonight. so to are these days where she enjoys them all,

the more of this feeling of being amongst equals try i the i never really played the exotic role with all my difference. i felt that i needed to live a normal life. that was always the goal as different as i am. that should always be known as the science. and i'd like to quit community to be seen as the although by mainstream society, but rather as a cultures and societies, that's where we belong in a multi faceted percent on lifestyle as normal as any of them. and i'm really surprised that all the div gender reassignment has come for so fee the night a short is a fee hardly slept a wink. we can do this

so so i'm, i'm already terrified. so don't worry, it will be fine. now you'll wake up later and think the final so you've been called right there for she's been wasting more than 6 months for this moment. you'll hear on june. i'm here. now her best friend has to wait 2 hours. that's how long the operation usually takes on 2nd. upfront on friday, i know from now we were here about 2 or 3 years ago and already made all these preparations and the registration, the procedure waiting list and so on. and now the time has come. now we hear now it's plain via respect to the operation. how will it go? well, everything be intact through dog. well, that'd be feeling down this started. so that's the biggest thing.

so fees, operation which is fully covered by health insurance proceeds without complications . and the doctors, prognosis is also favorable. the patient has a good chance of a feeling sex life if we know from the follow up surveys of our patients, that there are also holistic changes in that open. and even if only the genitals have been operated on it, obviously a lot happens before surgery and far from the essential things happen before the coming out, the psychological aspect. and also the hormonal situation. the surgery is only a small part in the front, but it still gives another boost to the holistic female feeling, i presume. from summer 2023 lucca has graduated from high school and has already been accepted for an apprenticeship. piano meeker.

well done on your graduation dining if his grandmother remembers his childhood. it's a fun these feeling when you 1st have a go and to do the switch, he has style the pre existence a long time, but then you just accept him and that's it. he's a boy, i spend the rest on the pos just because i might have to see somebody split up by the basketball. and it wasn't something you gave much thought to just in vic, it was more of a gradual process development. it's one of my part. i saw him as a very strong person because he always knew who he was. but despite the obstacles in his way, of course the always setbacks. what you thought to yourself is a big sister. i'd love to give that person a piece of my mind because it was hurtful. of course. i notice i felt like to touch on what were the setbacks among other things pulling at school. the

flashbacks lucas group. ultimately, i put the trends in a silver version 4 years ago. get spots. so it does. how do i to find him to cook top? so a few people, so my film done, and they handled it really well on the edge of them. i know mr. kind of, i asked me of course, and i thought i shouldn't deny it or anything to gain just admitted openly how would you have on the team. but when we talked about it a little, it was a huge relief based on convenience. and it kind of formed bone at the noon of canal like with that being around people who know about it. and then the ones who don't submitted on the luca has achieved a lot. the issue of sex reassignment surgery is still on the table as being fun. discontinuance of chance of who is definitely good to have the option because then you can decide for yourself whether you want it or not. satellite kind . of course, you can't do it till the 18 and i think that's

a good thing i'm looking at. your body has to be mature, of course, and it gives you time to think again, i told them not so you don't rush into anything. can you give us that? so that sounds he goes too many of know those friends identify as clear body and as one of the younger trans man comes from a different generation to know that they are both familiar with the problems faced by trans people he's crime against minorities has been on the rise for years to such image. and so if you meet just it stops on line and social media, then the verbal harassment spills out on to the streets to spend a tonnes volume and physically volume and speaking of and trans people are a prime targets from the coffee being visible and taking a stand a balancing act for many of those affected because like everyone else, they also need privacy anonymity,

money to go to office cuz there's times been when people don't believe that i'm trans and that can be covertly and anonymously trans anywhere if i want to. but i also think it's important to take a scan now and then and say, i'm trans by the way, many as long as people are still being beaten off out, then it's important to draw attention to ent, profile facts. and some of the friends are concerned about current political discussions, which poetry trans people is choosing their gender on a whim and then manipulating children your feeling an interesting educating in schools is of course, super important because otherwise trans children will be bullied and marginalized. then when parents come and say don't drive on children, crazy. yeah, the children can't be made crazy. sometimes discussions on needed, assigning, and the parents probably don't want to look at it and that so they say, leave on children alone. and then i mean, if a child is unsure about themselves,

then you should discuss it when they come to flash. okay, let the van as a ton, we soon become trans by imitations listed on this. this idea that of times people are constantly being talks about. so reported on waste presence in the media. that could be this copy types of things or would you, does that come trends by reading or watching something online? that's just not the reality for an excuse anything. it's the, it's got me and i never struggled with being trans note for a moment and said on the contrary, discovering my translate, density is the best thing that could have happened to me. and i truly, i'm an absolutely happy trans postings that might sound stupid, but it's true. so almost a year after her sex reassignment fee is on her way to her hair dresser to get here extensions. there's news. the

31 year old is in love for new partner, doesn't know that sophia strands have to have some time for that week. he's such a frank foot, boy, it's all football clubs, united. and if it's never been part of your wells and you know nothing about it, really we have very different play. so i'm going to keep in mind little see create this guy as a sub hauled. i don't know what i do not, or that me as if he doesn't have lots of people saying i should tell him that i'll just say, don't tell him what if it came out some other way that's happened to me. i thought about that. my number rotate up and then he'd probably ask, why didn't you tell me your cell wrestle except this month and i did bring it up in directly and the values are state. and i said, you might imagine you met someone like that who was a man before some of the hard to, i mean these days anything goes, nothing's up norman anymore. nor might not selection all going on. i'm happy for

you. enjoy it. you never know what's going to happen these days a minute. well, if he signs out and that's how it is. but then if he rejects me, i'll know for sure. it was, it was a big line for trends. people like sophie, there's no one right way. there are lots of different options on the image that too much. if someone asked me now and said, i'm sure what, what do you do? my tape would be listening to you in the south that look inside yourself to see what you really want. okay? so that i could just say do it, but then you might end up on happy because it really is a major intervention. so it's also very painful and not can go wrong now because much math. so subordinate, i didn't regret a single fact. you skip nothing, it tool 10 bits of us. there's no damage to the this

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