Fox5Atlanta recently reported the story of the twins who were identified as female at birth, but came out to each other at the age of 15. That was just a year after they had even heard the word ‘transgender.’ .
Jack and Jace Grafe, now 23 and originally from Baltimore, Maryland, started life as Jaclyn and Jennifer in June 1995, growing up in a conservative Christian home.

But despite being brought up in a happy household, the brothers admit they cried themselves to sleep as children and prayed to wake up as boys, not understanding what it meant to be transgender.
Jack, a deputy sheriff’s officer, said: ‘As a kid I would cry and pray to God that I would wake up in a male body, not even understanding that being transgender was a thing. “It’s like being in prison except it’s in your own body,” Jack told Fox5Atlanta. “And the older I got, the harder it was to swallow. And I was like, can’t do this for the rest of my life, I just can’t do it.”

‘Now, I am the happiest with myself that I have been in my entire life. That uncomfortable feeling we had before has completely gone.’
Both men admit the fear of coming out was huge, but having a twin going through the same experience provided incredible emotional support. Both men are in long-term relationships and work as corrections officers in East Georgia.


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