"... it's easier for me like that ..."

The project is about the facts and the feelings of a period of my life, in which a question of gender identity and the following decision have implications on my own life and on the lives of my loved ones.

Imagine you feel wrong in your body. You struggle for a long time with this feeling. And then, at a certain point in your life, after reflecting for a long time, you take the decision to change that. You decide to take all the steps necessary to match your outer appearance to your inner one.

But before that, life blessed you with a relationship and children. The relationship brakes down because of your decision, you have to leave the common house and your daughters. You get to see the kids only twice a month, and the kids do as well with their father.

After a time, a routine starts to set in and you get accustomed to it. But do you really do? And do the kids? Years are passing and you miss a great deal of the growing up of your children. And the children have less than a part-time father. The kids are becoming adolescents and one of them starts to partially turn away from you, because of the whole situation.

© Giulia Thinnes - Me at my 4th birthday
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Me at my 4th birthday

© Giulia Thinnes - My eldest daughter
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My eldest daughter

© Giulia Thinnes - My two daughters
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My two daughters

© Giulia Thinnes - Braid from my hair
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Braid from my hair

© Giulia Thinnes - A broken bottle
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A broken bottle

© Giulia Thinnes - Me at my wedding day
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Me at my wedding day

© Giulia Thinnes - Aloe Vera
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Aloe Vera

© Giulia Thinnes - Me being taken a photo of for my first sacrament
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Me being taken a photo of for my first sacrament

© Giulia Thinnes - Self-portrait from a few years back
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Self-portrait from a few years back

© Giulia Thinnes - Stone statue
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Stone statue

© Giulia Thinnes - My daughters fooling around
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My daughters fooling around

© Giulia Thinnes - My youngest daughter
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My youngest daughter

© Giulia Thinnes - My daughters climbing trees on a walk
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My daughters climbing trees on a walk

© Giulia Thinnes - Me and my daughters when they were young
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Me and my daughters when they were young

© Giulia Thinnes - Burning the witch
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Burning the witch

© Giulia Thinnes - Slugs on my hand
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Slugs on my hand

© Giulia Thinnes - Ice cream
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Ice cream

© Giulia Thinnes - Me behind a body dummy
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Me behind a body dummy

© Giulia Thinnes - At Christmas dinner
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At Christmas dinner

© Giulia Thinnes - Me after facial feminization surgery
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Me after facial feminization surgery

"... it's easier for me like that ..." by Giulia Thinnes

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