Watch the YouTuber who underwent gender reassignment surgery
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A YouTuber from Melbourne was born male and wanted to transition from the moment she could speak and understand.
22-year-old AJ Clementine says she just knew she was a girl when she was a child and wanted to transition.
She recently underwent gender reassignment surgery and now, she is happier than ever.
She told Barcroft TV: “I have been trans my whole life. From the get-go, I was trans. I remember I wanted to transition from the moment I could speak and understand – as a child, I just knew I was a girl.”
She underwent surgery in October last year and posted a bikini selfie to celebrate her new body.
“I never thought I’d end up being a girl and I never thought that it would be possible to achieve looking or feeling like I do,” she said.
“I was really excited to actually try my first ever bikini because I never even attempted it pre-surgery.”
She was nervous before posting the picture but after it was shared online, Internet users supported her that made her feel relaxed.
“I feel more and more comfortable – to be able to have the option to feel good in a bikini gives me a huge sense of joy and happiness.”
She said she first felt she needed to transition when she was 13 but didn’t know what to do about it.
“I remember feeling that once I understood that transitioning was something I needed to do, I wouldn’t survive to live as anybody else”, she said.
“Initially it was difficult to come to terms with needing surgery – it wasn’t about wanting it, it was about needing it,” she added.
Her parents were very supportive and they totally supported her decision of transitioning.
AJ is now happier than ever and feels more confident after the surgery. She says: “Just knowing that I am who I was, to begin with, makes me feel reassured and it allows me to have these conversations that I wouldn’t have had before.”
“I waited and I truly believed that it was going to get better one day and I would feel at piece with my body.”