Please note: this story includes gender identity, transition and a mention of past struggles with mental health.
Chloe Kelly was 45 when she understood she was trans. She had spent decades building a persona to blend in, and years of quietly wondering why life felt so heavy.
Then one lunch break she downloaded a face app, just to see. She kept going back to the picture. Three weeks later she asked herself the question she had avoided her whole life. A few weeks after that, she knew.
In this part of her conversation on The Life Shift, Chloe talks about calling her doctor, the moment she decided to tell her wife, and what it felt like when the secret she had carried for so long finally lost its power.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEgLWrpQ_Ew
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