DEAR DEIDRE: MY girlfriend caught me wearing women’s clothes and called me a pervert.
I started at 13 and am now 48.
I’d dress up when she was out and hid it until a few months ago, when she came home early from work. She went ballistic and walked out.
Now I find myself more attracted to men and wonder if I should have a sex change.
I opened up to my older sister and said I’d felt this way since I was a child. She said she had always known so maybe that’s the real me.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Cross-dressing for years satisfied your yearning to express your feminine side.
Now your girlfriend has walked away, you are free to explore that side of yourself more deeply.
But hormone treatment and surgery are a massive leap.
First try dressing regularly as a woman and see if you really are more comfortable full-time and on those essential shopping trips.
It could prove much more challenging than you expected.
And contact the Beaumont Society which provides support to the trans community (beaumontsociety.org.uk, 01582 412 220).
