Stefonknee (pronounced ‘Stephanie’) Wolschtt, 46, had been married for 23 years when she realized she was transgender. She’s now living with an adoptive family, and says she does not “want to be an adult right now”.
I can’t deny I was married. I can’t deny I have children. But I’ve moved forward now and I’ve gone back to being a child,she said.
Ms Wolschtt said her wife could not accept her as a transgender woman. She was told to either “stop being trans or leave”.
To me, ‘stop being trans’ isn’t something I could do, it would be like telling me to stop being 6 feet tall or leave,she added.
Feeling rejected by her family, Ms Wolschtt left and now lives with her adoptive family, who she says are “totally comfortable with me being a little girl”. She explains how her new parents’ youngest granddaughter wanted a little sister and decided Ms Wolschtt should be younger than her.
We have a great time. We color, we do kid’s stuff. It’s called play therapy. No medication, no suicide thoughts. And I just get to play,Ms Wolschtt said.
Ms Wolschtt spoke of how she became suicidal and was hospitalized a month after taking part in the first Toronto transgender march in 2009. After she was discharged, her wife accused her of harassment and assault, and pressed charges against her to achieve a restraining order.In 2012, her eldest daughter invited Ms Wolschtt to her wedding, but requested she “dress like her dad” and to sit at the back of the church and not address any members of the family. The day of her daughter’s wedding, Ms Wolschtt attempted suicide for the last time, and was unsuccessful.
She now receives support from the Metropolitan Church of Toronto where the congregation is mostly made up of gay people.
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