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A man decided to become a woman at the age of 77 years already. Richard Ramsey, now renamed Renee Ramsey is the oldest person in the world transgender surgery. 'Eventually I became a woman' is the first word that came out after the operation.In June, Richard Ramsey conduct operations at Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol Township. Finish the operation, its name was changed to Renee Ramsey. Now, ramsey be a tall woman, thin, and wearing a sweater worn by his wife.
Ramsey had decided to become a woman at the age of 77 years for several reasons. First, at age 20 to 30 of the year, he was not aware of irregularities in her. Second, at the age of 40 years, he realized but still in doubt about his identity.
Third, when age 50 to 60 of the year, he was absolutely sure that he wanted to be a woman, but could not do surgery because it still has a wife. And finally when his wife dies, there is no reason that could keep him to really become a woman.
"Actually, my desire to become a woman so long ago," said Ramsey who is a veteran of over 20 years, as quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer."
"Now the hardest thing I have to do is learn to be a woman. If I am angry, I should be angry as a woman. But now I feel more happy and calm. I am also more happy that the lady was called by everyone," said Ramsey.
According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, estimated there are about 700,000 people in America who do transgender surgery. The number could not be ascertained as well as many people out there who kept his identity.
Meanwhile, the American Psychological Association says, the prevalence of women who want to be more men than men who want to be a woman. One of the 10,000 men want to be a woman, while one of 30,000 women wanted to be a man
"The data that was a long time. Maybe now the trend is almost the same, even more men who want to be a woman. In fact, transgender population increased and developed," said Michael Hendricks, a gender specialist psychologist.
Sherman Leis, surgeons who perform surgery on Ramsey said that the advances in surgery techniques and the acceptance of gay or lesbian is one reason that encourages seseorag to trangender surgery.
Leis are open practice at the Center for Transgender Surgery since the year 204, had surgery for 250 people, either male or female, who wants to change her genitals. And none of the patients who regret the operation. "They're just waiting for the surgery for a very long time and have carefully considered. In fact, they appeared happier after the surgery," said Leis.
Ramsey is already aware of her difference from the age of 5 years. Since then until the teenager, he was often playing with dolls, likes to cook, sew, do not like football, embarrassed by her body is not muscular, and slept with her mother's underwear.
Finally in 1952 he decided to join the U.S. Navy and military thought can turn it into a real man. But no, he was even nicknamed 'little girl' by her friends. Fortunately, 2 years later, he managed to convince a woman to marry him. They have 4 children and his sex life was fine. But then he divorced his wife and moved to Arizona.
Though still unsure of their gender, but Ramsey was married again to a woman in 1982. Ramsey never told his wife that he was a transgender. "But he began to wonder why a lot of lingerie in the laundry. And finally I confess that I also use it," said Ramsey.
"We have a sex life smoothly. Berhubungang But each sex, I always imagined what it would be in a position like my wife," he added. Ramsey produce 1 child from second marriage, but until now his son does not know that he is transgender.
Although already turned into a woman, but Ramsey did not lose his friends. "At home, I dressed like a woman. But if it was gathered or go with friends, sometimes I use a men's clothing," says Ramsey.
No one knows for sure what causes transgender, but that certainly is not a condition of mental illness and has nothing to do with a psychiatrist.
"There's a slightly different course with his brain. It could also factor genes and hormones are not balanced at the time of pregnancy," said Norman P Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist from Children's Hospital Boston.
