A 69 -year -old pensioner has left a transgender woman after decades of suppressing her true identity, even facing threats of electric shock therapy when she was a child for wearing a dress.
Samantha Wolsey first expressed his gender identity at the age of six, an act that led his father to seek psychiatric intervention. The psychiatrist suggested an electric shock treatment, a proposal that Mrs. Wolsey rejected.
A turning point arrived in 2014 when Denise developed paraneoplastic syndrome and Mrs. Wolsey moved to an independent life apartment to be closer to her sick wife.
The support environment to perpetrate Wigan Empuera to Mrs. Wolsey to publicly embrace her identity as a transgender woman.
Now that he lives authentically, he hopes to inspire others to do the same, regardless of age or past difficulties.
One of the 11 children, with six brothers and four sisters, Wolsey said he felt “absolutely excellent” when he first got a dress.
He met his future wife in 1978 in a pub while working as a builder.
When he first told Denise on the cross dress, Denise did not believe it, until he dressed and showed it.
One night in the 1990s, Mrs. Wolsey went out with some male friends while she dressed as a woman under the appearance of raising money for needy children.
It was attacked behind in a taxi classification in Leigh, which resulted in serious injuries.
After the test, she kept her hidden identity, just dressed in women's clothes closed.
That changed in 2010, however, when he went on vacation to Spain with his wife, who surprised her packing a suitcase full of women's clothing.
“I began to unpack it and said: 'Have you made the wrong case?'” Wolsey said.
“Denise said: 'No, why?' I said: “It's all women's clothes.”
“She said: 'Yes, that's the complete idea.'
“There was even bikinis there!”
The couple continued on vacation in Spain, Greece and Türkiye over the years, with Mrs. Wolsey feeling free to please their female side.
But in 2014, Denise was diagnosed with a tumor in the middle of his chest, as well as paraneoplastic syndrome, and doctors initially gave him a six -month life expectancy.
After 18 months, I was still alive, challenging the initial expectations, so he moved to a Wigan care center due to his needs.
Mrs. Wolsey originally took the bus daily to visit his wife, but, in 2020, she moved to one of Wigan's independent belonging to the life of membership to be closer to Denise after realizing that she was cheaper than her previous floor.
Living in belonging gave him the confidence to dress as a woman in public for the first time after being attacked.
One night in 2023, he dressed as Samantha and said it was “for a dress party.”
The next day, a staff member encouraged her to be herself, and since that day she has embraced her full -time identity, and other residents gave the opportunity to attend a Q&A about her transition.
“Everyone, as far as I know, have accepted me,” he said.
In 2023, Mrs. Wolsey legally changed her name through the Deed survey, which cost him £ 200.
She said her pension spends to take care of her nails and has an extensive collection of 40 dresses and 30 wigs, and delights to wear heels.
Now she is proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ local community, even participating in Wigan Pride.
Looking back, he regrets not the transition before, and may have considered surgery if he was younger, but he is still proud of his trip.
She expects her story to inspire others to embrace her true beings, regardless of her age.
“If you want to do it, do it,” he said.
“I'll be there if you want to talk to someone.”
