As a boy, Wayne was ignorant of the medical details, and knew only that he has to take special vitamins. Treadway desperately wanted a traditional, masculine son, and despaired at Wayne’s more feminine interests. Jacinta wished she could raise Wayne as both son and daughter, and only vaguely understood the challenges this could pose for Wayne as he grew up. From that moment on the baby was known as Wayne, although Thomasina often called him “Annabel” in private. Treadway decided the baby would be raised as a boy, and while Jacinta felt otherwise, she would not go against her husband. She was the only one outside the family who knew, and supported Jacinta as she struggled to accept what this would mean to them, and to the baby. One woman, Thomasina, noticed something unusual right away: the baby had both male and female genitalia. The birth was attended by a few village women, all close friends. In 1968, a baby was born to Jacinta and Treadway Blake, in a small Labrador trapping village.
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