Michael Phelps Alleged Girlfriend Tells The World She Was Born Intersex


Taylor Lianne Chandler, 41, who claims that she is Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps girlfriend, used Facebook to reveal that she was born intersex. Chandler says that until now, no one knew her secret, and that includes Phelps.

Chandler shared a long post on Facebook on her early life. She shared that she was born with male genitalia, as well as a uterus without ovaries. Chandler says she was born David Roy Fitch. She went on testosterone blockers, and in her teens, changed her name to Paige Victoria Whitney. In her 20s, she had surgery, reports the Washington Post.

“By the time I could walk and talk I made it clear I was a girl and dressed as one. In my early teens I was medically diagnosed and went on testosterone blockers, at 15 estrogen enhancers. My birth certificate was modified along with my name while I was a teenager, prior to any corrective surgery. The problem is I have made friends that I never told and dated and married people that knew nothing of my past. If you don’t understand what intersex is, Google it. I was never a man, never lived as a man. No one can say they knew me as a man or produce a photo of me as a man,” she shared on Facebook.

“There are people that remember me as an androgynous child at times because of what was forced upon me,” the Daily Mail reports Chandler saying.

Chandler went on to write that she fears her revelation will cause Phelps to turn his back on her. Though there is no positive proof that Phelps and Chandler have an intimate relationship, Chandler claims she met Phelps, 29, on Tinder. Chandler says that Phelps took her to a Baltimore Ravens football game on their first date.

Phelps, fresh from rehab after a DUI in September, has yet to respond to Chandler’s post. Due to the DUI, he is serving a six-month suspension handed down by the U.S. Swimming organization. His DUI trail is set for December 19 in Baltimore.

Chandler returned to Facebook on Wednesday to say she had spoken to Michael and he was home from rehab. She also stated that she was extremely disappointed in how the media was reporting her story.

“I never lied to him. We were together for such a short period of time, I never had a chance to tell him about my life,” Chandler said.

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