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Terry Wright Becomes a Woman the Natural Way
Rather than be burdened with the cost and bureaucracy of gender reassignment, British pub singer Terry Wright has begun turning into a woman the natural way. For reasons doctors cannot explain, his body is producing abnormally high levels of estrogen and has stopped absorbing testosterone, The Sun is reporting.
Starting a decade ago, Wright began losing his hair and beard. His skin became smoother, he started having hot flashes, and even developed breasts resulting in neighborhood kids referring to him as "She-Man." Rather than celebrate his good fortune, though, the 60-year-old father of five is begging doctors to stop his miraculous journey to womanhood.
"I am a man, not a woman. And I do not want to be a woman," Wright is quoted as saying. "I just want to get my life back to normal." Doctors in Birmingham haven't been able to slow his slide into womanhood, but they have lauded Wright's internal chemistry, calling it "unique." The Sun even went so far as to contact "Specialist Professor Richard Ross" who is quoted as saying that "[t]his case seems very unusual." Indeed.
While gender reassignment typically involves many complicated steps including hormone treatments and sometimes surgery, Terry's miraculous body has cut out the middlemen. And while Wright might be a little nervous about his "changes," perhaps this inspiring song from an American youth group will help put his mind at ease:
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That picture says it all! Whats the opposite of wood? Yea got that.
By Merv , Posted July 3, 2008 10:09 PMFortunately, this condition is really rare. One in several million at least. That compares to 1 in 70,000 for natural FtoM transitions.
See Gender change in 46,XY persons with 5alpha-reductase-2 deficiency and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-3 deficiency. by Cohen-Ketternis for FtoM transitions.
Due to the prejudice and violence Intersexed and Transsexual people face, most hide.
Not all though.
By Zoe Brain , Posted July 4, 2008 12:25 AMThis is really bizarre. Did his facial bone structure completely change from masculine to feminine?
By Matt , Posted October 29, 2008 8:12 PMIs it possible that a boy begins puberty, that he absorbs estrogen instead of testosterone?
Facial bones don't change during the process, if it happens late in life. Connecting tissue does though, which can lead to minor changes in shoe size and height.
On the other hand, it's likely that masculinisation of the face was never complete at puberty. That seems to be the situation in all other known cases, and many have been (mis) diagnosed with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome before the change hits.
As regards puberty and hormones - both sexes have testosterone (and other androgens) and oestrogen (and other feminising hormones), it's just the amounts that are very different.
The people that end up looking most classically female are those with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, meaning their cells just don't respond to testosterone and other androgens (DHT etc). Even if they have 46xy chromosomes, usually only found in males.
For most people, it's simple, men are men with 46xy chromosomes, women are women with 46xx chromosomes. For some of us though, it's not.
By Zoe Brain , Posted December 18, 2008 10:38 PMHow about during the teen years or just after puberty, then would facial bones go from masculine to feminine in terms of the basic shape?
By Matt , Posted December 22, 2008 1:27 PMHow about during the teen years or just after puberty, then would facial bones go from masculine to feminine in terms of the basic shape?
By Matt , Posted December 22, 2008 1:28 PMAbout the CIAS individuals, are they sometimes termed as "she-males"? What is their bone structure like compared to a normal female?
By Matt , Posted December 22, 2008 2:00 PM