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Five years ago, a man married for 25 years who had six kids went 
to the hospital with a kidney stone and left with a piece of 
life-changing news � he was a woman.

Now, Stevie Crecelius � formerly Steve � is sharing her story. 
Steve was happily married to his wife and working as a 
photographer in Denver, Colo., when he learned he was intersex, 
born with both male and female anatomy.

�I had a kidney stone and we�re in the emergency room,� Stevie 
told Fox affiliate KDVR. �The nurse is reading the ultrasound 
and says, �Huh, this says you�re a female.��

Stevie was shocked, but not incredibly surprised.

�It validated everything I had always felt inside,� she said.

In retrospect, the diagnosis makes sense, she explains.

�I remember wearing my mom�s clothes and makeup, very secretly, 
not telling anybody,� Stevie told the station.

�When I was 17, I was working my first part-time job at a TV 
station as a floor cameraman and the person in charge said to 
me, �You know, you walk like a queer,�� she added.

�And I thought I was hiding who I was, and I wasn�t.�

So Steve decided to begin living as Stevie � as a woman.

Part of the process was explaining the decision to her children.

�How do you tell your kids that, well, it�s no longer dad, it�s 
dadette?� she said.

But all of them, and Stevie�s wife, were supportive.

�Within a few minutes, all of them said, �I don�t care dad; I 
love you for who you are.�

Five years later, Stevie lives happily as a woman. She takes 
hormones but has no plans to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

And she�s still married.

�I didn�t sign on for this, but who signs on for anything?� 
Debbie Crecelius, Stevie�s wife, told KDVR. �She�s the same 
person she was as a he on the inside.�

The couple still live together.

�She relates to my heart and soul, and I still relate to hers,� 
Stevie said. �And I think that that�s the essence of true love.�

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/father-married-25-years-shocking-
discovery-a-woman-article-1.1084380