The brothers got tired of hiding their feminine essence, and they became sisters
They always loved to dress up in skirts and play with dolls. But for years, the O'Hurley brothers didn't tell anyone how hard it was for them to live as men. And more recently, they decided to open up to each other and found that they were experiencing the same difficulties. Now both have changed their gender to female and have become sisters.
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23-year-old Jamie (left) and 20-year-old Chloe turned from brothers into sisters.
23-year-old Jamie, who kept her birth name, and 20-year-old Chloe, who was once called Daniel, were very happy to support each other in the process of sex change. Jamie works as a bartender in Dublin, and Chloe is studying to be a hairdresser.
Daniel (left) and Jamie (right) when they were boys.
"When Chloe shared with me, it was a great relief because I felt that we were on this path together," says Jamie.
Children's games of future sisters.
"We were going through the same thing together, but we didn't understand it. I don't think we influenced each other in any way, we were just born that way. It's wonderful that we walk this path together. Chloe supports me the most, and the fact that we are doing this together has helped us both," Jamie believes.
The boys loved to dress up, making themselves skirts and long hair.
Chloe says: "It's strange that we both went through the same experiences and thought about transsexuality, but didn't share it with each other."
She chose the name Chloe because Jamie suggested it when her mom was pregnant for the second time.
Jamie says that as children they liked to dress up and tie T-shirts on their heads, pretending that it was long hair, or wound them on a belt in the form of skirts.
But when they went to school and realized that other kids didn't do that, they decided to keep it a secret.
Jamie confessed to her homosexuality at the age of 14, and Chloe did it two years later, at the age of 13. When Jamie was 16, he dressed up as a woman and participated in performances in gay bars.
Jamie, when she was still a guy.
"I realized how comfortable I am when I dress up," she says, adding: — Saying "I always knew about it" is a cliche, but in my case it was, I just hid it deeper in my mind."
Jamie in a new image.
Chloe let her hair grow out and started wearing makeup. She says: "I've always been a girl."
Daniel before he became Chloe.
Both sisters suffered from anxiety disorders and depression while they were silent. In August last year, they finally talked to each other about their feelings and confessed their essence to relatives and friends.
Chloe.
Jamie remembers: "I looked at Chloe and thought: "You're so feminine and beautiful." I asked, "Do you think you're a transsexual?" She replied, "Yes, probably," and I said that I was too. It was a very touching moment. We talked for a few hours and have been supporting each other ever since."
Jamie (left) and Daniel-Chloe.
Chloe adds: "We talked a lot about gender reassignment. It's so great that we have each other. Each of us knows exactly how the other feels."
The sisters, who were born from different fathers, are now preparing for hormone replacement therapy and plan to undergo plastic surgery for a sex change. They are grateful to their mother, 47-year-old Sarah, who is very supportive of them. "I don't think she thinks she's lost her sons. We are the same people, just happier," the sisters say.
The future Chloe.
Keywords: Gender | Gender issue | Before and after | Ireland | Lgbt | Sexuality | Sex change | Body | Transgender | Transsexuals