Kellie Maloney, a boxing promoter man, is now a woman
New Delhi: Kellie Maloney formerly known as the boxing promoter Frank, announced at the weekend that she was now a woman.And Maloney has praised the world of sport for the reaction to her shock sex
New Delhi: Kellie Maloney formerly known as the boxing promoter Frank, announced at the weekend that she was now a woman.
And Maloney has praised the world of sport for the reaction to her shock sex change revelation.
According to ddaily mail, Maloney, the 62-year-old said she was worried about the reaction, adding that she'd known from a very young age she was in the wrong body but suppressed it due to her working-class upbringing, during which she was taken to Millwall at three.
'I knew (she wanted to be a woman) when I was very young. But I come from a working-class background, I was taken to Millwall when I was three.
'When I was against my brothers I had to excel at everything. I had to the best at any sport.
'It was very hard and I felt I don't want to be different. I thought it'd just go but it didn't.'
Asked how she felt about any negative comments, she said: 'I received so many of them in my boxing business they'd just be like water off a duck's back now to me. Really, that life has prepared me for this transition.'
The catalyst, Maloney revealed, was when her father died of cancer, adding: 'The day my father died four years ago the lid came off it.'
The ex-boxing promoter and manager also revealed about trying to seek assurances from professionals: 'I would phone the counsellor because I didn't want him to know who I was. I'd say, "Tell me I'm not a transsexual" but he'd say, "I don't know you, if you're asking me there must be something in it".'
Maloney re-iterated that she would have killed herself had she not revealed her true self but said the hardest thing was telling her former wife, insisting: 'I would have killed myself. I was angry with everyone and that's what made me do it. My wife was also my best friend we had a great relationship.
'We're divorced now, though. But when I was telling her, when it was coming out I wanted to catch it and put it back in.'
And Maloney has praised the world of sport for the reaction to her shock sex change revelation.
According to ddaily mail, Maloney, the 62-year-old said she was worried about the reaction, adding that she'd known from a very young age she was in the wrong body but suppressed it due to her working-class upbringing, during which she was taken to Millwall at three.
'I knew (she wanted to be a woman) when I was very young. But I come from a working-class background, I was taken to Millwall when I was three.
'When I was against my brothers I had to excel at everything. I had to the best at any sport.
'It was very hard and I felt I don't want to be different. I thought it'd just go but it didn't.'
Asked how she felt about any negative comments, she said: 'I received so many of them in my boxing business they'd just be like water off a duck's back now to me. Really, that life has prepared me for this transition.'
The catalyst, Maloney revealed, was when her father died of cancer, adding: 'The day my father died four years ago the lid came off it.'
The ex-boxing promoter and manager also revealed about trying to seek assurances from professionals: 'I would phone the counsellor because I didn't want him to know who I was. I'd say, "Tell me I'm not a transsexual" but he'd say, "I don't know you, if you're asking me there must be something in it".'
Maloney re-iterated that she would have killed herself had she not revealed her true self but said the hardest thing was telling her former wife, insisting: 'I would have killed myself. I was angry with everyone and that's what made me do it. My wife was also my best friend we had a great relationship.
'We're divorced now, though. But when I was telling her, when it was coming out I wanted to catch it and put it back in.'