"Changing sex, for Bruno Colliaux, was not a whim of "great madness" but a cruel ambiguity of nature. Treated as a beautiful little girl in childhood, stuffed with male hormones at puberty to develop her male organs, this androgynous character never supported manly attributes that did not correspond to her deep reality. Not to mention the look of others, the loneliness, the impossibility of confiding. Neither "gay", nor "straight", neither man nor woman, she had to choose.
Duly followed by psychiatrists and understood by her management at Air France, a few black sheep aside, Bruno began his feminization. And Andréa tells us the tragicomic stages of this mutation, the painful hair removal, a new hormonal treatment, the preparations for the operation, but also the social difficulties (in her passport, "she" is always "Bruno", then at the borders...), and the clothing details: girl, so be it, but when you measure 1.85 ni and you wear 41, it is better to avoid miniskirts and stilettos! The book is a testimony that is both moving and humorous, which challenges certain prejudices and unfortunate preconceived ideas."
At the age of 14, I was given many injections of masculine hormones. This was the beginning of a long nightmare; then my beard grew, I had hair on my chest, etc... From that time I was “androgynous”; afterward, it created a real confusion in my mind when I was looking at myself in a mirror, there was such a difference between what I was feeling inside and the cruelty of this body which was no longer mine."
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Andréa Colliaux has passed to the other side. May she find the happiness and love she gave to others. Thank you for all you have done ... You were my best friend. I miss you so much. Sleep with angels.
15 December 2023
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