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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
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