"They sat me down and they said, 'Are you aware of having Klinefelter's syndrome?' And I 'No, what is that? Never heard of. "They start putting me on IVs of epinephrine and different hormones, trying to counter and stop this bee sting reaction," Chloe said.Ī blood test at the hospital led to an endocrinologist and a diagnosis that Chloe said explained why she had felt so different her whole life. He was severely allergic to bee stings, so Rene rushed him to the hospital. One day, while out on a motorcycle ride, Ted was stung several times by a bee.
Everything's changing." A Bee Sting With Big Consequences "And within two years, we had two children, house, mortgage. "We became pregnant with Logan just six months after our marriage," said Chloe. Although still confused, Ted was able to occupy idle hands with work and the birth of a second son, Barry. Ted's stash of women's clothing in closets and hidden boxes had grown, but not significantly. "And I wanted to feel that life inside me."īy the summer of 2003, life had settled into a reliable rhythm for Ted and Rene. "I wanted to be the one there carrying this baby, you know," said Chloe. At a time when many couples feel renewed intimacy, Ted had a very different emotion: jealousy. Within months, Rene was pregnant with their first son, Logan, and that was when things first started to unravel.ĬLICK HERE to see photos of Chloe's transformation.įor reasons unknown to Rene, Ted became distant and started to pay more attention to projects around the house than to his pregnant wife. Ted and Rene got married at a private wedding ceremony in the Poconos. "It wasn't something that was going to interfere with our lives." I didn't think too much of it, really," she told ABC News. "I just thought that was an aspect of him that I could live with. After confiding in her, Ted told Rene he had seen a counselor, and she thought it was something she could accept from the man she loved. Ted explained that cross-dressing was something he didn't want to continue, but he knew there was something more to it than the allure of female clothing. "I opened up the closet and I said, 'Everything in this room belongs to me. Instead of trying to convey it in words, Ted decided to show her - in his closet. Normally I'm a happy-go-lucky type person, so she knew it was serious."
I said, 'I need to have a conversation with you.' And I got really serious with her. "I told Rene right before we got married. what I'd been praying for."īefore getting married, Ted knew he had to tell Rene his secret. "I just loved talking to him, and we enjoyed being together," Rene said. Though things moved fast, neither questioned the instant connection. Citing that she needed to "be with a real man," his girlfriend of several years decided to leave the relationship.ĭesperate to get his life back on track, several months later, Ted started dating and eventually proposed to Rene, a neighbor that he said he had admired for years. In his twenties, his confusion began to affect his personal life. box as a teenager in order to receive shipments of lingerie. Unbeknownst to his family, Ted continued to secretly dress in female clothing throughout his youth, even going as far as opening a P.O. He also struggled with gender confusion, which affects an estimated 1 million to 3 million people across the United States. For Ted, it was about more than clothing.