They can be children, adolescents, or adults of all ages. In the case of transgender people, the gender assigned to the person at birth does not match the gender identity that the person feels as their own. Brigita Potočnik spoke to some individuals who have undergone gender transition. Some as teenagers, others in their adult […]
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Can you imagine living 42 years as a man, building a career, starting a family, having children and being successful at what you do? Then, one winter evening, everything changes. That is exactly what happened to Lia Bordon. Lia was born male, but now she is finally and legally living her life as a woman.
Kako je, ko se še enkrat rodiš? What’s it like to be born again? We spoke to Lia Bordon, who was born as Janez. She explained what the experience was like in a very candid and emotional conversation. It is a total deconstruction of your life as you know it. And the result is a
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“I have been a woman for as long as I can remember, even though I was born into a male body and have spent the past forty-two years trying to live as a man,” Lia Bordon recently wrote on her Facebook page. A year and a half ago, her life was turned upside down. Through
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For 42 years, she lived as a man. Two years ago, she started the transition process and legally became a woman just over two months ago. In the midst of summer, Lia Bordon’s powerful testimony took the social networks by storm, as she shared with the public her feelings and fears before, during and after
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Transgender people still face a lot of prejudice and bigotry in our society. That’s why we want to spread awareness with the help of some transgender individuals and their stories. No one should ever feel bad about who they are. Those who do not know enough about the subject should educate themselves rather than pass
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At the age of 42, Lia Bordon decided that she could no longer live the life she had been living. She was born male and lived like a man for 42 years. But two years ago, all the feelings she had repressed since childhood burst to the surface and she had no other choice but
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A conversation about what it’s like to be transgender. What is it like to feel like a stranger in your own body and to experience yourself as a woman in a man’s body? What is it like to be among family and friends and realize more and more that you are not who you are?
42-year-old Lia has gone through a series of procedures and plans to go through even more procedures because she felt she was stuck in the wrong body. She lived as a man for more than four decades, before realizing that she had been pushing aside her feelings of wanting to be a woman all her
Svet/24ur.com – Why are we, as a society, so intolerant of those who are different? Read more »
A Slovenian woman’s account of her difficult transition from male to female has been making the rounds on social media. She hopes that her story will inspire courage in others who are still living in denial. Having a sex change at 42: “My wife and kids accepted me, but sadly my parents couldn’t.”
