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| Boxing promoter Frank Maloney reveals gender reassignment | Boxing promoter Frank Maloney reveals gender reassignment |
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| Boxing promoter Frank Maloney has revealed he is undergoing gender reassignment and now lives as a woman called Kellie. | Boxing promoter Frank Maloney has revealed he is undergoing gender reassignment and now lives as a woman called Kellie. |
| In an interview in the Mirror, Kellie says: "I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman." | In an interview in the Mirror, Kellie says: "I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman." |
| She is working with transgender group TG Pals, whose managing director, Heather Ashton, told the BBC Kellie had been "incredibly brave and courageous". | |
| As Frank, Maloney guided Lennox Lewis to the world heavyweight title in 1993. | As Frank, Maloney guided Lennox Lewis to the world heavyweight title in 1993. |
| In her interview, Kellie says: "I can't keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me. | In her interview, Kellie says: "I can't keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me. |
| "What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. | "What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. |
| "I wasn't in the right body. I was jealous of girls." | "I wasn't in the right body. I was jealous of girls." |
| 'Hugely difficult' | |
| Ms Ashton said it had been a "huge decision" for Kellie to come out. | |
| "This is a big deal for any transgender person but particularly for Kellie who's been in the public eye for such a long time. | |
| "This group of people are the last societal group to achieve equality and to be socially accepted." | |
| Ms Ashton said it could be "hugely difficult" for people to tell their partners, families and colleagues, "to come out and say I do love you, this is who I am, and please accept me". | |
| She said she hoped Kellie's example would encourage others contemplating gender reassignment to overcome their fear. |