Man undergoing third sex change: ‘I hope I will finally be happy’
Brad "Ria" Cooper, who was the UK's youngest "sex change" patient at 15, announced he is undergoing his third "sex change" operation, this time to make himself more like a woman again. This behaviour is still seen by experts as a mental health issue. Shortly after his 18th birthday, Cooper "transitioned" back to his biological gender and lived as a "gay man." "But five years in Ria is more certain than ever that is not the real her – and is making her second attempt at becoming a woman to have the future she always dreamed of," The Mirror reported. De- transitioning back to a man "made me even more unhappy," Cooper said . "Now I’m going to be me – and I hope I will finally be happy." Cooper told the UK show This Morning that his life went downhill after a documentary about his "transition" was released when he was 18. "I was really depressed and I was struggling