Katie Rain Hill realized at a very young age she was a he in a female's body. Suffocating under her peers' bullying and the mounting pressure to be "normal," Katie attempted to take her life at the age of eight. Katie joined me, along with Arin Andrews, who made a life - transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. When the two met each other at a support group meeting, they fell in love.

Featured on 20/20 and in the New York Times, Parade and Vogue magazines the duo shared their true coming-of-age stories in their respective books. Arin's Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen and Katie's Rethinking Normal: A Memoir In Transition.

Both share, in the first person account and first-of-its-kind books, the obstacles, the family challenges, the anger, the humiliation and their mental and physical experiences. Their stories detail their journey's that led them to make the life-transforming decision to change their genders.

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