00:00:03taboo in America by US law she is a he I
00:00:10was born anatomically male I’ve lived
00:00:15the majority of my life as a male Don is
00:00:18not gay she’s what’s known as a
00:00:20transsexual or transgendered person
00:00:23someone who’s born one sex but wants to
00:00:26live the life of the other sex my old
00:00:29name was Danny
00:00:30and that’s name I was born with as a
00:00:34child little Danny was pressured to fit
00:00:36into the usual gender role one christmas
00:00:40burns in her memory was about eight
00:00:43years old I was caught playing Barbie
00:00:46dolls with my niece’s I mean it’s kind
00:00:50of like one of those memories you
00:00:51reflect back on of the earliest time
00:00:54that I was actually thinking in the role
00:00:57of a female her parents swept in and
00:01:00snatched away the doll after that
00:01:04Christmas Danny grew up a model of
00:01:06manhood he finished high school and
00:01:08joined the military
00:01:11eventually Danny sought out a therapist
00:01:14who gave a rare diagnosis only about one
00:01:18person in 12,000 is transsexual
00:01:21following urges he had felt since
00:01:23childhood
00:01:23Danny became dawn
00:01:28determined to be accepted as a woman
00:01:31dawn got breast implants and took female
00:01:33hormones but many transsexuals find it
00:01:37difficult to hide their original gender
00:01:39the retained male physique and many live
00:01:42in constant fear of humiliation the only
00:01:48solution dawn believes is to remove her
00:01:51male genitalia dawn heard about a doctor
00:01:56in Thailand who specializes in sexual
00:01:58reassignment surgery would used to be
00:02:01known as a sex change operation along
00:02:04with removing her male genitalia dr. Sam
00:02:07Guan will craft a full feeling vagina
00:02:10if successful dawn will be able to
00:02:13experience female orgasm during sex all
00:02:17right let’s stop dr. San Juan removes
00:02:21Don’s penis but leaves the nerve that
00:02:23will allow her to feel sexual pleasure
00:02:27he creates an opening that will serve as
00:02:30the new vagina later he’ll cut out a
00:02:33portion of Don’s colon to act as the
00:02:35vaginal canal
00:02:39no more male genital gas
00:02:46almost immediately dawn rouses
00:02:48everything finish how are you two weeks
00:02:58after surgery
00:02:59dawn will finally get a look at the new
00:03:01her mm-hmm oh that’s so good perfect
00:03:07this is the way it’s supposed to yeah I
00:03:10don’t hang your neck anything I should
00:03:14not do nothing you can do everything for
00:03:19dawn this is a new beginning her new
00:03:22gender is about more than identity it’s
00:03:24also about love what I’m looking for is
00:03:28a solid sound relationship with a
00:03:30heterosexual gun so it is the end for me
00:03:34but if he end one part of my life and
00:03:37it’s the beginning of a new part is a
00:03:40rebirth for me
00:03:44you
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