Duncan was always deeply afraid of him and craved his affection, which she could never seem to get.īetween the age of 10 and 12, she was molested by her older half-brother - her mom's son from a previous marriage.
As for her father, in addition to being abusive he was emotionally unavailable. She wanted to be powerful, liked, and affirmed like men were.īecause of the turmoil her mother was experiencing she could not be the mom a young girl needed, Duncan explained. She acted as though she was hated," Duncan said, adding that it only further fueled her desire to not be female. "I would watch my mom crumble underneath this, and she affirmed that women were weak. Her home life, she described, was "very dysfunctional." Her father was verbally and emotionally abusive toward her mother and it sent Duncan the message that "women were hated, they are weak," she said. The two friends would go roller skating in the next town over, where they would hang out as "brothers" and pick up girls.ĭuncan grew up in Portland, Oregon. "That brought affirmation to me that I was making the right decision, that how I felt was right," Duncan recalled in an interview with The Christian Post. When she finally told someone about her desire, she confided in another childhood friend, a boy, and he was excited. The only children in her neighborhood to play with were boys and she understood her desire to be male was not normal and worked hard to keep it a secret.
She would often ride her tricycle and pretend to go pick up her girlfriend.
KathyGrace Duncan remembers first wanting to be a boy before entering kindergarten. Part 3 will look at the testimonies of two former transgender persons in separate stories. Read Part 1, Part 2, the second testimony of Part 3 here, Part 4, and Part 5. KathyGrace Duncan, formerly a transgender man, is seen here in a documentary titled "TranZformed: Finding Peace With Your God-Given Gender." | (Photo: Youtube/Screengrab)Įditor's Note: This is Part 3 in a Christian Post series on how Christians should respond to transgenderism.
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