Modern Romeo and Juliet

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For the uninformed, young couple Katie Hill (Katie Hill) and Arin Andrews (Arin Andrews) - the usual teenage couple in love. But their story, in fact, is not so simple. 18-year-old Katie Hill was the son of a naval colonel for 15 years of her life and her name was Luke, and her 16-year-old lover Arin Andrews was a girl - a talented ballerina and winner of many beauty contests, her name was Emeralda.

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1. Pictured: Katie Hill and Arin Andrews in a coffee shop in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Luke and Emeralda, because of their non-standard behavior, were constantly mocked by their peers. Luke was very feminine, in addition, due to the high level of estrogen in the body, he had AA-sized breasts, for which classmates constantly teased the guy. Emeralda, on the contrary, was very courageous, she constantly got into fights and was a hooligan.

2. Pictured: Katie Hill (right) and Arin Andrews

As a result of much ridicule and bullying, both Luke and Emeralda decided to undergo hormonal sex reassignment therapy. During a meeting of members of a group of young transsexuals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the teenagers saw each other and fell in love at first sight.

3. "We're perfect for each other because we've had the same growing up challenges," says Katy.

4. Katy and Arin even have the same clothing size, so after changing gender, they exchanged their shirts, jeans and shoes. As children, they hated what their parents bought them.

5. Family photo: Katie Hill (formerly Luke Hill) at the age of seven

Kathy confessed to us: “Already at the age of 3, deep down I knew that I wanted to be a girl. I wanted to play with dolls and hated my boyish body, never felt good in it.” Interestingly, the unknown donor was so touched by the history of Kathy, who was bullied by her peers before, that he even allocated $ 40,000 for sex reassignment procedures.

6. Family photo: Arin Andrews (formerly Emeralda Andrews) at the age of five

According to Arin, he felt like a boy from the first day of school, when he was five years old: “I had no idea why during the games the teachers divided girls and boys into groups. I was sent to play with the girls, although I was interested in the boys. I also never liked girly things. But I was worried: “What will people say if I tell them that I want to be a boy. Therefore, I had to keep my desires a secret.

7 Pictured: Arin Andrews

Arin's mother Deniz, 41, sent her daughter to ballet and beauty pageants as a child. But Arin secretly dreamed of riding a bike, like her 42-year-old father Mitch, who participated in cycling, and also wanted to do triathlon and rock climbing.

8. When Arin was 11 years old, her mother stopped wrestling. Now Denise fully supports her daughter. Now she gives her money for hormone therapy, and also promised to report money for the operation to remove the mammary glands if Arin can earn $6,000 herself - half the money needed for the operation.

9. Now Arin has to hide her breasts with bandages that wrap her body tightly. Even her younger brother, 11-year-old Wesley, calls his sister "big brother." “I am very proud of it,” admitted Arin.

10. Arin sadly recalls her school years. "It was terrible. I looked like a pretty girl, but I tried to look like a boy. Everyone called me a lesbian. It was very humiliating,” recalls Arin.

11. Family photo: Arin Andrews (formerly Emeralda Andrews) at the age of five

“I was not homosexual. I had suicidal thoughts and shared with my parents. I had absolutely no idea what was happening to me. I didn’t know then that I was no exception,” said Arin. “My parents said that being a homosexual is in the order of things and you shouldn’t be afraid of it and suggested that I go through a course of psychotherapy, collect my thoughts, understand myself. I remember then one of the students of the Christian school where I studied told the teacher about my dates with one girl and I was kicked out of school, despite the fact that I was the best in the group. But everything changed after I met Katie,” recalls Arin.

12. Family photo: Katie Hill (formerly Luke Hill) at the age of seven

“I found out about transsexuals from the Internet,” admitted Kathy. Then she was only 15 years old. Her parents, 44-year-old mother Jazzlyn and 58-year-old father Randy, a lieutenant colonel in the US Marine Corps, struggled to help their son Luke. They were sure that the son was confused. “I was unhappy and got worse with age. I was betrayed by a high voice and cheekbones. Digging on the Internet, I came across the word “transsexual”, started reading and realized that it was about me,” recalls Katie. “I once tried to commit suicide. My mother is so afraid of losing me that she agreed to help me. I owe her everything. We made a list of things I would like to do, like wear bras and panties, get hormone therapy, and maybe one day have sex reassignment surgery. The most amazing thing is that my brothers and grandmother Judy supported me. At first, dad was upset because he realized that he was losing his first son. Over time, he learned to accept me for who I am, and now he calls me his “daughter”, making me smile, ”Katie admitted. At the moment, the lovers look like an ordinary couple, and no one can notice that in the past they were of the opposite sex.

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