He saved me during my transition 😌❤️

Julia John

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00:00My fiancé Liam has supported me from my transition from male to female.

00:04He met me as a man, he proposed to me as a man, and we started building a life together

00:07and planning a future together whilst I was still a man.

00:10So when I came out as trans to him, the first thing he said is, what do we need to do to

00:13make this happen?

00:14Taking the leap to transition to who you really are cannot be easy for you or your loved ones.

00:20But Alexis found someone eager to help.

00:22He supported me through all of the staring and the comments from people earlier on in

00:26my transition.

00:27He helped with my surgeries financially, he looked after me, he's always been my biggest

00:32cheerleader.

00:33We went to Pride last weekend, and the second someone said, can I have a picture with you,

00:36Alexis, Liam was like, oh babe, give me a handbag, I'll take the picture, and he was smiling ear

00:40to ear whilst he was doing it.

00:42A lot of trans people, when they transition, their relationships can end because of it.

00:46And ours has just got stronger and better, and we're getting married next year.

00:51Alexis faced some awful days after their transition, but through their strength and partner, they

00:56were able to overcome.

00:57I just had to come out of work for a minute.

01:00I'm working in a really masculine environment.

01:02But someone I know from before, I transitioned and became me.

01:07I think they've told people, and now they're all talking about me, and saying really nasty

01:13things.

01:14Not saying I'm not proud of who I am, but being the butt of people's jokes, it's so

01:18hard.

01:19You don't have to agree with me being trans, you don't have to understand my lifestyle,

01:23you don't have to understand my choices.

01:25The least I deserve is their respect.

01:27Everything that we have to go through to become who we want to be.

01:30But as time went on, the staring eyes became less impactful due to their inner strength

01:34and support.

01:35I'm currently on holiday, and we're just laying around the pool.

01:38Hi.

01:39But there's this older couple who are laying opposite us, and for the last hour, they

01:43are constantly staring.

01:44They'll say something, then look back, and they'll say something, then look back.

01:48And I was like, just rise above it, it's fine.

01:50Maybe they're working it out, who knows?

01:51They look miserable, by the way.

01:54And just a second ago, they looked, I just went like this, I went.

01:59They both nearly fell off their sun lounges when I did it.

02:03Recognizing that others' curiosity is not a bad thing is so important.

02:08Helped along by how secure Alexis now is in herself.

02:11She told me she wanted to transition about 18 months ago.

02:14We was in Greece.

02:15We were just about to sit down and have lunch, and she said, I need to tell you something.

02:19So I was like, okay, well, tell me.

02:20You know, you can tell me everything.

02:22And she said, I want to be female.

02:25I feel like a woman.

02:27It's been like this most of my life.

02:29I've kind of brushed it off.

02:31But ultimately, that is what I want to do.

02:34Well, I, obviously, being told this information, I nearly choked on my sandwich.

02:38No one expects you to completely accept something so drastic right away.

02:41But just to have an open mind and support people in their personal struggle.

02:45In all of five seconds, I realized that it didn't matter to me.

02:49Like, because I, I fell in love with who she is.

02:53This is how it's going to be moving forward.

02:55How can I help?

02:56What does this mean for us?

02:58And yeah, just basically, that's why we...

03:00Anna.

03:01Anna.

03:02Anna.

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