The first trans teacher in Greece "All children know that I am trans and they love me very much"

"At the age of 8-9 I felt different, not only what clothes I wanted to wear or what toys I would play with, but how I felt inside."

ola ta paidia xeroyn oti eimai trans kai me agapoyn poly leei i proti trans kathigitria stin ellada KATHRYN REILLY, TRANS WOMAN

The first trance was invited to the show "To Proino" on Monday teacher in Greece, the Kathryn Riley, who teaches English at a tutoring center in Attica.

She said she was born in the United States, in Chicago and speaking to ANT1, she confessed how she lived the first moments after her transgender.

«When I did my transgender, too many relatives passed me by. I said I should put back my complaint and move on. They had a childhood friend who supported me a lot, at a time when I had been bullied a lot. He was killed in a car accident and I actually got his parents' wish and got their last name, Riley is not our family name ".

"At the age of 8-9 I felt different, not only what clothes I wanted to wear or what toys I would play with, but how did I feel inside? At that time I had confused my identity. At a young age, my mom used to cut my hair and say I want to have long hair, like a girl. I wanted to wear a nice dress that I saw and generally do what girls do. This is the gender identity. In terms of sexual orientation, I could like men or women or I like both sexes. I like men and I'm straight. "I could like women and be a lesbian.", said Kathryn Riley.

As he added, «I was not open at all to my own people. I was afraid to open up, there were other stereotypes then. I used to say "disappoint" my dad and mom. My mother had understood something. I would not say that I had the best school years, he suffered a lot of bullying ".

"I was 30 years old when my parents found out and learned it by force. I was living a "double life" then, some of my cousins ​​found out and told my parents. My mom took it harder, for six months she was depressed. He loves me very much. He was very afraid of me, that society would treat me. My dad supported me, but asked me “what job are you going to do? How will you live? " and it troubled me too. "But fortunately I had no problem finding a job." narrated, talking to "Breakfast"  to Gray Garlic and George Liagas.

"All the kids know I'm trans. They love me very much "

In terms of its acceptance by children, said that, "The worst thing I have heard from children is because my voice is so thick and I have explained it to them. All kids know I'm trans. They love me very much. "When it was revealed to everyone that I was trans, I was afraid I would lose my job, but immediately the children came to me and said 'we love you because you are a good lady'".

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