This couple’s relationship changed dramatically after the boyfriend became the wife and embraced their true identity .
Anya, an author, met her then male partner back in 2008 whilst the two of them were learning to speak Japanese.
Jackie, an IT project manager at the time, began to realise who she really was inside and as the relationship progressed she fully transitioned into a woman.
After her transition the couple got married and became wife and wife.
Anya said: “I was a little scared that Jackie would maybe change in some way.
“I really liked the way she looked already, and I really liked her voice and personality, of course.
“So, I was concerned that the things that Jackie was doing would make her less the person that I liked, but it turned out that she was just becoming more and more the person that I really love.”
After the couple from Denmark started dating, it was clear to Anya that Jackie was slowly beginning to transition into a woman.
In 2011, Jackie made the decision to start hormone replacement therapy, which Anya supported wholeheartedly.
In her own words, Jackie believes that she ‘rebranded’ her sexuality, going from being bisexual to a lesbian, with her interest in men dropping.
She states that it took her at least five years after starting HRT (hormone replacement therapy) to finally feel comfortable within herself and with how the world would perceive her.
The couple got married in October 2020 on their 12th anniversary with a small gathering of 50 people who celebrated their amazing relationship that had excelled during Jackie’s transition.
Jackie stated: “I had always been sort of bisexual in a way.
“But when I came out to Anya, I sort of rebranded, and my interest in men has gotten less and less over the years.
“So now I would say I’m a lesbian.
“I think coming out, not just as a trans person, but also as queer in any sort of way can come with difficulties.”
She added: “It took a while for my parents to get it and for them to be like totally on board and cool with it.
“Now I think they kind of forget from time to time that I’m actually trans, which I do too.
“It took a while for me to feel completely comfortable in my own skin because once I had acknowledged what I was actually going to do and once I knew and was on board, you would think that from then on it would be steady going and all was going to be fine.
“What followed from then on was actually getting to know how to approach the world in a more vulnerable position.
“It was a lot about finding out what actually worked in terms of fashion, in terms of just, you know, pure interaction with everyone else.
“There were a lot of things that I suddenly had to adjust to, like being perceived in a very different light, which was one thing that was interesting and for the most part good.”