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Caracas, Jun 28 (EFE).- (Camera: Jackdwin Sáez)“Mummy, what would have happened if I were born a boy?” Giordy Quiñones would repeatedly ask his mum as a child.Today, at 25 years old, Giordy publicly identifies as a transgender male, but it has only been six years since he has been living “freely”.Giordy’s journey to freedom was tainted by depression, discrimination and self-destruction, the story of many transgender people in Venezuela.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES IN SPANISH OF GIORDY QUIÑONES -TRANSEXUAL. TRANSLATION:"In the beginning, when I was little I'd ask my mum what would have happened if I were born a boy. I'd ask that question as a child but I was afraid of telling her: "Mum, I don’t identify as a girl, I feel more like a boy."I think that's why it took me so long to freely express how I felt or identified as". "I used to harm myself. I'd put my own body at risk. That led me down the path of self-destruction".
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