People

Die angesagtesten Promis bei uns. Die neuesten EXKLUSIVEN Bilder nur für registrierte User!

News

Aktuelles Tagesgeschehen rund um den Globus.

Features

Skurriles, Spassiges und Absurdes aus aller Welt.

Styling

Trends aus Fashion und Design.

Portrait

Premium Portraitfotografie.

Reportage

Stories, Facts und Hintergrund, alles im Bild.

Creative

Auf der Suche nach mehr? Prisma by Dukas.

Dukas Bildagentur
request@dukas.ch
+41 44 298 50 00

  • SCHICKSALE - Jetzt fühlt sich Phillis wohl: Phillip Rolli ändert im Alter von 69 Jahren sein Geschlecht
    DUK10153383_010
    SCHICKSALE - Jetzt fühlt sich Phillis wohl: Phillip Rolli ändert im Alter von 69 Jahren sein Geschlecht
    Phillis Rolli, before she transitioned, in her mid-20s (Collect/PA Real Life) *** Transitioning aged 69 shows 'it’s never too late to be happy', says ex-hairdresser after lifetime hiding her identityEleanor Fleming, PA Real Life A former hairdresser who has transitioned to be female at almost 70 years old after a lifetime considering suicide “every single day” as she tried to hide her true identity has said “it’s never too late to be happy”.Phillis Rolli, 69, who worked as a successful hairdresser for 45 years and now lives in Seattle, USA, said she "knew she should have been a girl” when she was just five years old.One day, Phillis said her father caught her dressing in girls’ clothing and “got very physical” with her, making her understand that “this was a very bad thing to ever tell anybody” - so she kept quiet, “pushed it down” and hoped these overwhelming feelings would “go away”. Phillis, who was previously known as Phillip, went on to get married and have two “beautiful" children, making “so many choices, trying to prevent (herself) from ever pursuing it”.However, despite “pasting on a happy face and a happy smile” for years, in reality Phillis was in "dark despair" - and it was not until the start of 2022 that she started hormone replacement therapy (HRT).In November 2022, at 69 years old, Phillis came out to the world after the hormones had transformed her from a "skinny, shapeless man" to a "curvy" woman after an experience likened to a “70-year-old teenage girl going through puberty”.“I never wore female attire or any make-up whatsoever until November 28 when I put on female clothing and I went to Sephora and got my make-up done," she said. “I've never not been presenting as female since, and I knew, that day, when I looked in the mirror and saw Phillis that she was out and there was no putting her back. “So that’s the day Phillip died and went away forever.”Phillis calls the time before her transi *** Local Caption *** 40980662
    (c) Dukas