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>>> AN
>>> AN EYE-OPENING EMOTIONAL JOURNEY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
HUMAN.
HUMAN.
HUMAN. >>
HUMAN. >> THIS IS THE STORY OF A LOCAL
WOMAN NAMED RACHEL.
SHE LIVED WITH A SECRET THAT
BECAME SO OVERWHELMING SHE
REACHED THE POINT WHERE SHE
KNEW SHE HAD TO CHANGE OR IT
COULD LITERALLY KILL HER.
THIS IS BECOMING RACHEL.
I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I
WAS NOT A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN
RACHEL PRICE SHOWED UP AT MY
DOOR TO FIX MY BROKEN
DISHWASHER.
DISHWASHER. RACHEL HAS BEEN FIXING BROKEN
THINGS FOR YEARS.
FROM THE TIME SHE WAS FIVE, SHE
KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS BROKEN
IN HER.
IN HER.
IN HER. WHAT WAS YOUR EARLY LIFE LIKE?
WHAT WAS IT LIKE COMING TO
GRIPS WITH BEING TRAPPED IN A
MAN'S BODY?
MAN'S BODY? >> IT WAS TOUGH.
ESPECIALLY GROWING UP IN THE
70s AND 80s, BACK THEN YOU DID
NOT COME OUT AND SAY YOU WERE
TRANS.
TRANS.
TRANS. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED
OR THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. YOU HIT IT . YOU KEPT IT A
SECRET.
SECRET.
SECRET. >> RACHEL LIKE OVER 1 MILLION
OTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY IS
TRANSGENDER.
TRANSGENDER. SHE IS NOT NECESSARILY GAVE A
MAN TAPPED IN A WOMAN'S BODY OR
IN THIS CASE, THE OTHER WAY
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. IT CAN MAKE FOR A DIFFICULT AND
LOW LIFE.
LOW LIFE.
LOW LIFE. >> SOCIETY SAID YOU WERE BORN A
MAN AND YOU NEED TO BE A MAN.
YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU
CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
YOU EITHER COMMIT SUICIDE OR
YOU CHANGE.
YOU CHANGE. >> IT IS STAGGERING TO THINK
ABOUT OVER 40% OF TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE HAVE EITHER THOUGHT
ABOUT OR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
RACHEL DID NOT.
DO NOT THINK FOR ONE SECOND HER
LIFE WAS EASY.
IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT
RACHEL WAS JAMES, A RUGGED FULL-
BLOODED GUY WHO DATED WOMEN,
FELL IN LOVE, AND EVEN HAD A
CHILD.
CHILD.
CHILD. DEEP INSIDE HE FELT OUT OF
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. HE
PLACE. HE KNEW HE WAS NOT A HE.
WHEN JAMES LOOKED IN THE
MIRROR, SHE KNEW THAT
BIOLOGICALLY SHE WAS ALL WRONG.
SHE WAS NOT A JAMES.
SHE WAS A RACHEL.
>> IT TOOK ME UNTIL I WAS ABOUT
32 YEARS OLD TO THE POINT WHERE
IT WAS LIKE OKAY, IT IS MY
TURN.
TURN.
TURN. I
TURN. I WORRIED ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE,
MY MOTHER, MY FATHER.
>> YOU WERE WORRIED YOU WOULD
DISAPPOINT THEM?
DISAPPOINT THEM? >> DISAPPOINT THEM, HOW WOULD
THEY FEEL ABOUT ME?
THAT IS A BIG THING.
WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT THEY LOSE
THEIR FAMILIES.
THEIR FAMILIES. >> IT IS ONE THING TELLING YOUR
PARENTS BUT SHE HAD TO TELL THE
MOTHER OF HER DAUGHTER.
>> WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO
BE A WOMAN I WAS LIKE WAIT A
MINUTE, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE,
YOU ARE MY RUSSELL CROWE.
YOU ARE MY GLADIATOR.
THAT IS PAINFUL AND IT ANGERS
ME.
ME.
ME. I
ME. I FELT LIKE I WAS BETRAYED BY A
PERSON THAT A CHILD WITH.
>> LOVE CAN DO FUNNY THINGS.
DESPITE THE HURT AND THAT
FEELING OF BETRAYAL, TISH
ACCOMPANIED RACHEL TO MONTRIAL
FOR HER GENDER REASSIGNMENT
SURGERY.
SURGERY.
SURGERY. SHE ALLOWED US TO COME ALONG AS
WELL AS SHE ON THE EVE OF HER
50th BIRTHDAY APPEARED FOR THE
MOST LIFE ALTERING SURGERY THAT
A HUMAN CAN GO THROUGH.
>> EXCITING, YES.
>> OH, MY GOD, I CANNOT BELIEVE
THIS IS HERE.
>> RACHEL WAITED 45 YEARS FOR
THIS DAY.
THIS DAY.
THIS DAY. >> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO. NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THIS DOCTOR IS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED GENDER
REASSIGNMENT SURGEONS.
REASSIGNMENT SURGEONS. >> I FINALLY GET TO BE ME.
DID I HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE?
YES.
YES.
YES. MY
YES. MY DAUGHTER IS HURTING, MY
BROTHER IS HURTING, THEY ARE
ALL HURTING.
ALL HURTING. I FEEL BAD FOR THEM.
I CANNOT STOP BEING WHO I AM
BECAUSE OF THEM HURTING.
I CANNOT STOP THAT.
I HAVE PUT IT OFF MY WHOLE LIFE
AND IT EATS ME UP INSIDE.
>> AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF BEING
TRAPPED IN A BODY SHE FELT SHE
DID NOT ALONG HIM, RACHEL IS
READY TO MAKE THAT FINAL STEP.
HERE IN MONTRIAL WITH THE HELP
OF A DOCTOR AND HIS TEAM,
RACHEL IS READY TO BECOME THE
WOMAN SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE.
BE.
BE. >>
BE. >> I
BE. >> I REMEMBER PRAYING TO GOD,
PLEASE MAKE ME A GIRL.
IT NEVER HAPPENED.
NOW IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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♪ >> THE
♪ >> THE REASON I WENT AGAIN IS
BECAUSE THEY MADE US WEAR
SCRUBS IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL TAKE YOU
INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM FOR
THE COMPLEX SURGERY AS A RACHEL
FINALLY BECOMES A