A transsexual who had a £10,000 sex change on the
NHS to become a woman now wants the taxpayers to
foot the bill for a further £14,000 of surgery so she
can become a man again.
According to DailyMail, Chelsea Attonley, 30, who
was born a boy and called Matthew, said she now
finds being a woman 'exhausting', is tired of putting
on make-up and wearing heels, and now accepts that
she should always have stayed a man.
Chelsea said she had struggled with her identity while
growing and as a child she would dress up in
women's clothes. In her twenties she became a drag
queen known as Miss Malibu, drawing on glamour
model Katie Price's look for inspiration. An initial bid
for a sex change to become a woman was turned
down by a doctor, sending Chelsea into a spiral of
depression, she said.
But then the former drag queen, who copied Jordan's
style by wearing a blonde wig, mini skirts and
stilettos, had a chance meeting with her idol in a
nightclub in 2007. The glamour model told her to 'go
for it' and her words inspired Chelsea to return to
her GP and push once again for the gender
reassignment surgery, costing £10,000.
But now, seven years after surgery to become a
woman, Chelsea wants to go back to being a man.
She is aiming to have a bosom reduction on the NHS
and painful gender reassignment surgery to give her
back a joystick at a total cost of £14,000.
Chelsea, now living in London, said:
'I have always longed to be a woman, but no
amount of surgery can give me an actual female
body and I feel like I am living a lie. It is
exhausting putting on make-up and wearing heels
all the time. Even then, I don't feel I look like a
proper woman. I suffered from depression and
anxiety as a result of the hormones too. I have
realised it would be easier to stop fighting the way
I look naturally and accept that I was born a man
physically.
I thought the surgery would make me feel
complete, but it didn't. I knew deep down that,
even though I had had surgery, I had still been
born a man. But I tried my best to block out my
feelings. No matter how much make-up I put on
or how I dressed, I knew people would not know
me as a real woman. It was draining to constantly
think about how to walk and speak like a girl. I
was fighting a losing battle. When people found
out about my past, they treated me like a liar and
a fake. I suffered from anxiety and depression.
Now I have decided I want to live as Matthew, I
am desperate to have my FF-cup bosoms removed.
I can't afford to have them done privately, so I am
hoping to have the op on the NHS. I can't work at
the moment because I am too upset after what I
have been through. I am considering having joystick
reconstruction too. I don't feel bad about the NHS
paying for the surgery as I don't consider it a
choice. I need to have these operations for the
sake of my mental health. I am lucky enough to
live in a country where there is free health care."
Chelsea has already had testosterone injections to
begin her transition to becoming a man again.
NHS to become a woman now wants the taxpayers to
foot the bill for a further £14,000 of surgery so she
can become a man again.
According to DailyMail, Chelsea Attonley, 30, who
was born a boy and called Matthew, said she now
finds being a woman 'exhausting', is tired of putting
on make-up and wearing heels, and now accepts that
she should always have stayed a man.
Chelsea said she had struggled with her identity while
growing and as a child she would dress up in
women's clothes. In her twenties she became a drag
queen known as Miss Malibu, drawing on glamour
model Katie Price's look for inspiration. An initial bid
for a sex change to become a woman was turned
down by a doctor, sending Chelsea into a spiral of
depression, she said.
But then the former drag queen, who copied Jordan's
style by wearing a blonde wig, mini skirts and
stilettos, had a chance meeting with her idol in a
nightclub in 2007. The glamour model told her to 'go
for it' and her words inspired Chelsea to return to
her GP and push once again for the gender
reassignment surgery, costing £10,000.
But now, seven years after surgery to become a
woman, Chelsea wants to go back to being a man.
She is aiming to have a bosom reduction on the NHS
and painful gender reassignment surgery to give her
back a joystick at a total cost of £14,000.
Chelsea, now living in London, said:
'I have always longed to be a woman, but no
amount of surgery can give me an actual female
body and I feel like I am living a lie. It is
exhausting putting on make-up and wearing heels
all the time. Even then, I don't feel I look like a
proper woman. I suffered from depression and
anxiety as a result of the hormones too. I have
realised it would be easier to stop fighting the way
I look naturally and accept that I was born a man
physically.
I thought the surgery would make me feel
complete, but it didn't. I knew deep down that,
even though I had had surgery, I had still been
born a man. But I tried my best to block out my
feelings. No matter how much make-up I put on
or how I dressed, I knew people would not know
me as a real woman. It was draining to constantly
think about how to walk and speak like a girl. I
was fighting a losing battle. When people found
out about my past, they treated me like a liar and
a fake. I suffered from anxiety and depression.
Now I have decided I want to live as Matthew, I
am desperate to have my FF-cup bosoms removed.
I can't afford to have them done privately, so I am
hoping to have the op on the NHS. I can't work at
the moment because I am too upset after what I
have been through. I am considering having joystick
reconstruction too. I don't feel bad about the NHS
paying for the surgery as I don't consider it a
choice. I need to have these operations for the
sake of my mental health. I am lucky enough to
live in a country where there is free health care."
Chelsea has already had testosterone injections to
begin her transition to becoming a man again.
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