Suzanne's grandson is transgender.

Assigned to the female gender at birth, he began a transition.

At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, on "La Libre antenna" of Europe 1, Suzanne expresses her difficulties in understanding her approach, but continues to affirm her love for her grandson.

TESTIMONY

Suzanne's grandson is 22 and a transgender man.

This means that he does not feel that he belongs to the female gender to which he was assigned at birth.

He then began a transition to the masculine gender.

Suzanne tries to understand his approach.

She always speaks of her grandson in the feminine, but also sometimes uses the masculine.

At the microphone of "La Libre antenna", on Europe 1, Suzanne affirms her love for her transgender grandson.

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"I am a grandmother of a boy who is 17 and a young woman who is 22. This young woman has decided to become a man. She tells me about her whole transformation. It is not easy. First there was the treatment. She changed her voice, she has a masculine voice. She is starting to have a down under her nose. It is obvious in the photos. My daughter, her mother, came on vacation this summer. She said to me: 'Marylou would like you to have this picture'. I did not recognize her. It was very difficult. 

It was a little blonde girl.

She loved dolls.

As soon as she had some money, she bought collectable dolls.

She dressed in fairy or Cinderella costumes.

I have trouble finding where the fracture was.

I had had my granddaughter on the phone and we had talked about it.

The transformation had not yet started.

She asked me what I thought about it.

I told her: 'Whatever you do, you know very well that granny will come above everything and love you just as much'.

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He's a very bright boy

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She is at the stage of having an operation to have her breasts removed.

He's a very bright boy.

She is studying publishing.

I am very proud.

Two or three years ago, she asked for money to buy makeup.

His father had said to him: 'No, you just have to work'.

I found the answer a bit stiff.

She did babysitting.

Afterwards, she worked in the administrative department in the hospital where her mother works.

She knows a lot of things.

This summer he worked in obstetrics.

He is doing well. 

I was extremely fortunate to have been raised by a very tolerant couple.

My dad was very caring.

He would not have stopped at that and it is a bit my line of conduct in relation to him.

I have his picture on my fireplace and I say to him: 'You, you could have told me that this is his life, he does what he wants'.

What really hurt me was the operation to remove the breasts.

It's a mutilation somewhere.

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I don't interact with my daughter.

It's very difficult.

Her mom and dad are a very personal couple.

They have always put their married life before children.

I manage to understand a little what is going on.

I tell myself that they haven't really had a hug.

These are children who have never gone on vacation with their parents.

The parents left alone.

They are very personal. "