Stories about people

Ryan, who's 28, lives in Bromsgrove and was born a girl, but since the age of five has been convinced he's in the wrong body.

Ryan

He's been living as a man for many years and has been taking male hormones.

The transition includes more than twenty very painful and serious operations over the course of a couple of years.

As these audio diaries reveal, the physical struggle is only part of what he has to endure.

We also hear from his father on what it's like to bring up a daughter who changes into a son.