FAMILY WHERE MUM USED TO A DAD AND DAD USED TO BE A MUM

Bianca and Nick Bowser (pictured above) are a transgender couple but still have their original sex organs because they cannot afford reconstructive surgery.

When Bianca and Nick Bowser’s young sons get older they will sit them down and drop a bombshell. Bianca, the woman they have always known as their mother, is ­actually their dad.

And Nick, the man they believe to be their father, is actually the mother who gave birth to them.

You might need to read that paragraph over again. And when Kai, now three, and Pax, almost one, hear it first-hand it will surely be nothing less than mind-blowing.

The facts are these: Bianca, 32, was born as a boy called Jason and Nick, 27, as a girl called Nicole.

They are a transgender couple but still have their original sex organs because they cannot afford reconstructive surgery.

And they insist their kids will be fine because their upbringing will be loving, supportive, secure. And perfectly “normal”.

“The kids currently have no idea. It’s not like strangers ever guess in restaurants or at the shops,” says Bianca.

“I don’t know when we will start to tell them, maybe when Kai is around six, but they will need to be old enough to understand.“It is important they know because it’s a big secret to keep from your children and if they found out another way they could hold huge resentment.

"But I don’t worry about how they will react. We will not treat it as a ‘bad’ thing. And young kids are accepting and non-judgemental.” She adds: “ Being transexual doesn’t define who we are , just as being black or white or skinny or fat doesn’t define you either.”

In a perfect world everyone would agree. But Bianca and Nick, who live in the US state of Kentucky, know only too well that many people see their life as abnormal.

They don’t keep it secret but they don’t advertise it either. And they are choosing to talk about it now to raise awareness.

Before the pregnancies, Nick took testosterone to help change his appearance and had surgery to remove his breasts.

Bianca had breast augmentation and laser hair-removal but didn’t need female hormones because she naturally looks and sounds feminine.

As Bianca says, most strangers don’t guess they are not as they appear to be biologically, so they don’t get hassled. But when Nick was pregnant the truth was clear – and the baby bumps prompted aggressive stares and nasty comments from some.

“My pregnancy was not the norm for a lot of people and so they stared,” he says.

“I couldn’t handle the whispering and pointing and by the time of the third trimester I couldn’t leave the house.

"I only left for doctor’s appointments. People are afraid of what they don’t understand.”