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These Brothers Are Now Sisters After Coming Out As Trans At The Same Time

A pair of brothers are now sisters after the pair both came out as transgender at exactly the same time.

Bartender Jamie O’Herlihy, 23, and hairdressing student Chloe O'Herlihy, 20, kept their gender issues a secret from everyone for their entire lives.

However, last summer when the then brothers were at home in Cork, Ireland, together for Chloe’s – then Daniel’s – graduation they opened up to each other.

Just days later both brothers had come out as trans and, with the pair both planning to go under the knife for gender reassignment surgery, they are sharing their story in the hope of inspiring others to be true to themselves.

Jamie said: “It’s a cliche to say ‘I always knew’ but I did and I just kept pushing it to the back of my mind.

"Then I started doing some drag shows in the evenings and I realised how comfortable I felt dressed up.

"I tried to ignore it but it got to the point where when the morning came round I didn’t want to take off the drag because it was a better representation of me than I was.

"So I came out to Chloe and our mum last summer and by November I had come out to all my friends and colleagues.”

Sisters: Jamie and Chloe came out as transgender at the same time (Caters)

Chloe added: “I always wore makeup and had longer hair. I’ve never really been considered one of the lads, I was always one of the girls.

"It’s weird that we were both going through exactly the same thing and having the same thoughts about being trans but just not talking to each other.

"Then when Jamie came out and told us, I was like 'right this is something you are going to have to face too’.”

Jamie, who has kept her birth name since transitioning, always wanted a little sister.

When she found out her mum was pregnant she was so excited she picked out the name Chloe – and so was devastated when she came home with new baby brother Daniel instead.

But now, after the siblings both came out, Jamie has the sister she always wanted and Chloe has even taken on the name her sister chose for her 20 years ago.

Jamie and Chloe said they were never stereotypical boys, choosing dressing up over football and Bratz dolls over Action Man.

But while they were allowed to be 'free’ at home together – dressing up as female celebrities like Britney Spears and wearing their t-shirts as skirts – they had to keep each other’s secret when they were at school.

Before: The pair have struggled with their gender issues since they were children (Caters)

Chloe and Jamie are now supporting each other in their journey to become fully-transitioned women and even plan to have gender reassignment surgery in future.

However, the sisters admit that the emotional and physical process of their transition has been very different for both of them.

Both have struggled with anxiety and panic attacks as they have embraced their new lives but the pair insist their surgery will not be “drastic” in terms of how it will change their appearance.

Chloe said: “The surgery won’t be drastic. We are just hoping to enhance our beauty in a more female way.”

Jamie added: “I do not want to change too much but I also don’t want to look in the mirror and see any semblance of male.

"It sounds dramatic but I’m trying to undo the wrong that was done to me at birth and I don’t need any reminders of the struggle of having to carry this male body.”

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