By Carly Stern For Dailymail. Choosing to undergo gender reassignment surgery is an intensely personal and monumental decision — one that, understandably, many trans people choose not to reveal much about. The magazine has since released a nine-minute video documenting the experience, including interviews with Emmie, her identical twin brother Caleb, her mom, and her plastic surgeon. Scroll down for video. Big change: Emmie Smith, 18, was born Walker but transitioned from male to female as a teen.
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Emily Tressa was born again at age 17, her dreams of a body to match her identity finally come true. While the operation reconstructed her male genitalia to make her physically female, Emily felt her anatomy had finally caught up with the rest of her. Her mom Linda, 56, remembers Emily as a miserable little boy struggling to find a place in the world. At age 3, she even attempted self-castration with a pair of scissors, stopped only by the pain.
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On August 30, , transgender teen Emmie Smith underwent gender reassignment surgery, also known as gender affirmation surgery, to align her body with her identity. What's more, the year-old did it with National Geographic photographer Lynn Johnson in the room to capture the procedure. The detail with which the video covers her surgery is striking.
Emily explained that while she was assigned male at birth, she always knew she was a girl. Emily and her mom asked that their legal last name not be used. Am I the only one that feels like this? That I'm trapped in the wrong body? Her mom, Linda, said it was important for the family to support Emily in her transition , which began with changing her name and changing her gender expression as a child.
