. >> transgender enmate alejandro cortez, who calls himself alexus, not only sought attention from other inmates, but from certain members of our field team as well. >> i just got hit on by a bunch of men. >> men? >> i mean, women -- women. it was quite something. >> what number cell? >> 7. >> 7? >> 7. >> what did she say to you? >> she said i had very sexy legs. sexy legs. she told me to keep being sexy. >> cortez, who was in jail on a parole violation, told us about her struggles in choosing to live as a woman. >> anyways, i can say i feel like a woman. i feel like i'm a homosexual. i'm a man, but i prefer living as a woman. mostly i'm attracted to men, and i don't want to live my life as a man. i live my life as a woman. it's hard. it's really hard to -- i had to make it through my family and then society, you know? it's very hard because the criticism and everything. once i put it in my mind i live my life for who i am, me, and if my family accepts me, criticism it's always going to be out there, you know? and honestly sometimes i feel like i am the brave one because i have the guts