Pain of daring to be different

ChronicleLive.co.uk – By Laura Caroe, Evening Chronicle

In a brutally honest account, Stephanie Butterfield opens her heart and tells what it is like to be a man undergoing trans gender surgery. In her own moving words, she tells LAURA CAROE about her experiences and the sometimes bigoted reaction she faces.

FOR as long as I can remember, I knew I was trapped in the wrong body. My earliest recollection was at the age of three, but it took years of confusion to work out what was wrong. My mother was quite ill at the time, and I was put into pre-school where I was allowed to play with other girls and their dolls…