Growing Pains
While most girls don’t feel too confident about their bodily changes, Brandon truly hated it. According to Aphrodite Jones, the author of the memoir “All She Wanted,” Brandon detested the pain caused by his developing breasts and hated dealing with a monthly flow of blood.
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He often complained when people stared at his growing chest. In general, any objectification by men “made him feel sick” to his stomach. Brandon also reportedly suffered from an eating disorder, which could be attributed to his reluctance to transition into a womanly body.
Nowadays, feeling like a “male trapped in female body,” is a known phenomenon. But when Brandon was going through those changes, he felt entirely alone.