Posted February 5, 2009 German teenager Kim Petras who became the world's youngest transsexual after undergoing an operation at the age of just 16 says she can't wait for the summer so she can try out a whole new wardrobe of tight fitting clothes. The pop singer - born Tim - is well known in Germany for having started hormone replacement therapy as part of her gender transition by the age of 12. Now 16, she completed Gender Reassignment Surgery in November, according to a posting on her blog. Girl in a boy's body: Pop singer Kim Petras, 16, may have become the world's youngest transsexual after completing gender reassignment surgery last November Dr Bernd Meyenburg who heads the Psychiatric Special Outpatient Clinic for Children and Adolescents with Identity Disorders at the University of Frankfurt Hospital said: 'Very few youth psychiatrists have any experience with transsexual developments. The families wander from one psychiatrist to the next. 'I was always against such operations on children so young but after seeing how happy one of my patients was and how well adjusted after returning from having the operation abroad while still a teenager – I realised that in some cases it is the right decision. 'Kim is such a case – she always knew what she wanted.' Kim herself said: 'Everything has changed because of this operation. I just can't wait to put on my favourite bathing suit and go swimming like I've never done before. 'I had to wait until my 16th birthday but once that was past I was able legally to have the operation. 'I know that because of my past people will always bring up the subject, I can't get away from it. But I hope that one day I might be better known for something else like my music.' In Germany, such operations are not usually allowed until the patient is 18. However Kim managed to convince doctors when she was just 12 that she should have the surgery. By 14 she was officially registered as a girl - and was already famous for her choice. The costs of her procedure were covered by health insurance as her condition was officially diagnosed as an illness. Dr Achim Wuesthof, an endocrinologist specialising in children and adolescents, who was treating Kim at a clinic in Hamburg, said that he and his colleagues felt that in this case it had been best to start earlier. He said: 'To the best of my knowledge, Kim is the youngest sex change patient in the world. 'According to German law, two independent psychiatrists must confirm that the child is indeed transsexual and approve the sex change. Once that has been done, it is best to start as early as possible. 'Transsexuals experience the onset of puberty, and the physical changes it brings, as a serious trauma. 'But there is a general lack of empathy with cases like Kim's, mostly because people know little about the condition. Imagine a man that suddenly starts growing breasts or a woman that starts growing a beard against their will – that is how Kim and people like her experience puberty. 'They are not freaks, nor do they suffer mental illness. They are simply trapped in the wrong bodies. That is why it is best to help them as early as possible and reduce the trauma for them and their families.' Last year Kim was signed to Joyce Records and released online her first single 'Last Forever'. It became a YouTube and MySpace hit. In September - just weeks before the cosmetic surgery finalising her transition from a male to a female -she released her first commercially available single 'Fade Away' into the German market. Kim said: 'I was asked if I feel like a woman now – but the truth is I have always felt like a woman – I just ended up in the wrong body. 'I had a problem because I couldn't wear skinny stuff, but now I can wear whatever I want to. I really am looking forward to going swimming like everyone else and to wearing tight jeans that show off my figure. They are so tight, I always felt quite uncomfortable in them until now. 'Now I can go as tight as I want to. I used to wear mini skirts too, but yes, now even the tight ones can be part of my wardrobe. 'I can enjoy swimming, and bikinis, go in the changing rooms without a problem, everything has changed because of this operation. I just can't wait to put on my favourite bathing suit and go swimming like I've never done before.' Kim, who is now studying fashion design, began calling herself a girl when she was just two years old. Her father Lutz said: 'I suppose it took me longer than my wife to accept it, but Kim is a very persuasive girl, she knows what she wants and how to get it. 'I am very proud of what she has achieved, how she has managed to get there and how she sticks to her dreams no matter how hard and painful they are to follow.' DailyMail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 That surgeon did a great job, if someone showed me that picture I wouldn't guess she was previously a boy. Think its right that teenagers are allowed the operations if they are absolutely sure tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 This was in the Metro. It seemed like a really "fair" situation, that the parents are supportive of it, that she has a career ahead of her, etc. Seemed like a happy ending. And it seemed a closed case, he wanted/felt that he was destined to be a girl. I do think that he may have been a bit young when he started treatment, but it seems he ALWAYS knew what he was/wanted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Wow great job on behalf of the doctors... I would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Posted February 5, 2009 Hot diggedy damn! That is by far the most succesful sex change I've ever seen! She's (he's?) effing hot, for crying out loud! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 The Daily Mail. News that matters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 I think this was more of a "success" as he was still young when it started. He hadn't started puberty, his voice hadn't broke, his muscles hadn't developed, he hadn't grown pubic hair etc. Ok so it's possible that he some of those things may not be true but it's unlikely and he would only be in the early stages of development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 It's a shame something tasty like that started off with a wang. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Why oh why would a guy get his penis cut off? It's not as if they are going to have a vagina at the end of it or even a clitoris coz those have far more nerve endings right? He'll have some scary haunted dry hole instead. If he started having this therapy at 12, perhaps he hasnt even gone through puberty or ever had an orgasm. Perhaps he should have just had his balls cut off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 She looks like Claire from lost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Good for her. And good on the doctor too, she's stunning! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF She's beautiful, and that's awful. Imagine I meet a girl of my dreams, only to find later she's a fucking boy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Imagine I meet a girl of my dreams, only to find later she's a fucking boy? I think you'll find you'll be the one fucking boys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 thats one sexy teenage boy! a sentence i have never used before. seriously though. i just hope changes in the body dont ruin the effect for her. as it stands now, i would. so long as the plumbing as good as the face, i would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFShe's beautiful, and that's awful. Imagine I meet a girl of my dreams, only to find later she's a fucking boy? She has a sister. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 She has a sister. thats it, im going to germany. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 I would never have belived she was born a boy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Wow! That's amazing, kudos to the surgeon for that! I wouldn't realise that she used to be a guy from that pic, seriously! Glad she got a happy ending too. ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Being 16 now, she definitely has hit puberty, and seeing how she's coming along there doesn't seem to be any problems yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 A thread about a transexual and Rokhed is banned! A shame that we won't get his insight into this... Bet he's chewing his keyboard in frustration right now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 Being 16 now, she definitely has hit puberty, and seeing how she's coming along there doesn't seem to be any problems yet. I was going to say! I was basically finished with puberty at 16. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2009 i thought i was doen with puberty at 16 i dunno now, i mean, in terms of muscle mgrowth, the last couple of years have been the biggies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
