A transgender man on his tumultuous journey to find his true identity – and his happiness after coming through adversity.
At five months old Liam Klenk was adopted from an orphanage. He has few vivid memories of the few years that follow, but one thing stands out.
By the time he was three years old, Liam, then called Stefanie, knew he was born the wrong gender.
Liam says: ‘I began catching people giving me odd glances because while I was born in a girl’s body, even at that early age I had begun introduce myself to people as a boy.’
The conscious and very clear realisation that he needed to change his gender permanently came after reading a book with short stories about transgender people.
Liam, who was then 20, began to undergo hormone therapy.
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