We all face hardships growing up – but imagine if besides the awkward struggles of puberty and the rest, we struggled with expressing our true gender identity, and felt as though we were trapped in the wrong body? For a lot of these gorgeous ladies who were born male, their life pre-transition was exactly that. And not only did they make strides in their expression of self, but have some impressive accomplishments noted on this list that make them such awe-inspiring role models that we admire.
