First twins to undergo gender reassignment say the change has been ‘magical’

Hailed as a world first, trans twins have both undergone gender reassignment surgery after never identifying as being boys.

The first trans twins, 19, to undergo gender reassignment surgery have revealed what it’s like to finally have a body that feels like their own. Picture: @maylaphoebe09/Newsflash

The first twins to undergo a simultaneous gender reassignment as they ‘never identified as boys’ said their first shower as women was ‘magical’.

Mayla Phoebe de Rezende and her sister Sofia Albuquerck, 19, underwent the surgery a day apart, performed by the same doctor in Brazil.

The pair have been undergoing hormone treatment and were monitored by doctors for two years before the surgery, performed on February 13 and 14.

Mayla, who’s studying medicine, said: “We’ve always done everything together and we recently fulfilled our dream of having gender reassignment surgery and becoming the first trans twins in the world to do so.”

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The girls were over the moon when they finally saw their female bodies, after never identifying as male, with Mayla adding: “When I saw my (male sex organ), I felt that it wasn’t mine.

“I’ve always identified with the female sex, since I was three years old. You know when you blow a dandelion and make a wish? I asked for God to turn me into a little girl.”

But now the pair are finally happy with how they look, with Mayla explaining: “Before being sedated in hospital, I still couldn’t believe my dream was being fulfilled.

“When I woke up, I couldn‘t believe it. It’s something that’s still sinking in. I no longer feel that discomfort when lying or sitting down. It’s a wonderful thing.

“My first shower after being discharged was magical.”

Mayla is studying medicine and says she wants to pay her grandfather back after he funded their treatment. Picture: @maylaphoebe09/Newsflash

The pair are said to be recovering well and suffered only minor discomfort after the procedure, with Mayla already sharing snaps of herself in a bikini.

The twins were told about gender reassignment surgery when they were 10, by their older sister, and it’s been their goal ever since.

But they didn’t think they’d reach this point so soon, as the waiting list for gender reassignment surgery is long in Brazil, and only one private clinic offers the surgery where they live in Blumenau.

Desperate to see them happy, their ‘open minded’ grandfather sold a house to fund their treatment.

“My goal now is to graduate in medicine and buy another house for my grandparents as a way of repaying their gesture.”

And describing how accepting their family have been, the teen added: “They‘ve always known we were girls.

“I‘ve never been rejected by my family. My parents’ fear is not that we be who we are, but that others hurt us.”

Mayla, pictured when she was younger and living as a boy. Picture: @maylaphoebe09/Newsflash

Sofia, pictured when she was younger and living as a boy. Picture: @sofialbuck/Newsflash

The twins, who have a younger sister, say they fear how society will react, revealing they were bullied when they were growing up, describing high school as ‘very difficult’.

Mayla recalled: “In high school, they called me gay, they made fun of me in my tight trousers, they said I couldn‘t hang out with the girls because I was ugly.

“I’m still afraid of some guy on the street who might insult me or hit me.”

The women are now looking forward to the future, and have plans to start their own families while working towards helping trans-people in their community.

Mayla said: “We want to be mothers, to adopt our children … And we also want to help trans people fight for their dreams and to not give up on them.

“There are many trans women who give up because the waiting list is too long in the public health system and there‘s only one private clinic that carries out the procedure in Blumenau.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission