Transgender Father And Daughter Transition Together

After living as mother and son for more than a decade, a father and daughter have both come out as transgender and have gone through their transitions together.

Erica House’s daughter Corey came out as transgender at the age of 13. Both Erica and her husband were supportive of their daughter throughout her transition and even surprised Corey with her first estrogen prescription on her 14th birthday.

Now, just over a year later, Erica has been living as a man named Eric and has come out to his family as transgender as well. According to the Daily Mail, Eric recently had a double mastectomy to remove his breasts. The father spoke to 60 Minutes about struggling with body dysmorphia and gender identity prior to coming out as transgender.

“I used to wish for cancer when I was younger, so I could get a mastectomy,” Eric revealed.

Eric says he came out to his husband Les in 2015, after Corey had already begun her transition from boy to girl. Soon after coming out to Les, Eric told his children.

“It was an awful secret to keep from my family,” Eric told Mirror.

Eric says that when looking back at photos of his younger self, he felt that he was seeing a person who was trying to “play a part.”

“Once I hit womanhood I started trying to play the part and dress as female as I could to see if that would help me feel better about myself,” he said. “But it never worked, I just felt like I was dressing up.”

The father says that his husband and children were incredibly supportive when he came out and have remained supportive throughout his transition.

“My loved ones were awesome, almost like nothing really changed,” Eric said.”My husband has been supportive through everything. Our relationship is actually stronger and better than it ever has been in the 10 years we’ve been together.”

Corey says she first realized she was transgender while watching a interview with transgender YouTube star Jazz Jennings. Corey was 11-years-old at the time.

After watching the interview, Corey said, “Mom, I am just like her, I am a girl.” Eric, however, remained quiet about his own feelings.

When Corey came out to her family and began her transition, she said, “I finally felt free.”

Corey recently took a big step in her transition by getting a $21,000 puberty-suppressing implant. She plans to have genital surgery after she turns 18.

Eric had similar feelings about coming out to Corey’s.

“I finally feel complete for the first time in my life,” he said.

According to Mirror, Corey and Eric may be the first parent and child to publicly state that they are both transgender.

Sources: Daily Mail, Mirror / Photo Credit: Eric Maison/Facebook via Daily Mail