When Shaye Scott came out as transgender to her wife Amanda, she didn’t have much knowledge about gender dysphoria.
Utah native Shaye, who was raised in the Mormon religion, realized around the age of 3 that she didn’t conform to traditional gender norms. Despite her gender struggles throughout her childhood and later, adulthood, Shaye kept her feelings to herself.
Eventually, Shaye, 39, met and married Amanda and the two welcomed Emmeline, 11, Hudson, 9, and Desmond, 6, together.
But then everything changed in 2019 while on vacation in Laguna Beach, California, when Shaye decided to open up and talk about her true feelings with Amanda.
“I was nervous to talk to Amanda, but learning about gender dysphoria gave me the confidence to describe something I had never been able to articulate before,” Shaye tells PEOPLE exclusively.
“I was relieved to be able to talk about my…
