The first set of conjoined twins to identify as different genders has died at 62

Lori and George Schappell made history in more ways than one.

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This makes me sad. I've seen a few documentaries focused on their extraordinary lives together. I cannot in this or any universe understand the struggles they went through. Having one person in a conjoined twin situation be trans, and everything that comes with that is mind blowing. The fact that they didn't go absolutely insane being stuck like that for their entire lives is amazing. I salute you, Lori and George.
- What's even more amazing about it to me is that they totally asserted their individuality in virtually every way possible. They wanted everyone to know, "I am not us, I am me." I think they also did it in a way that conjoined twins hadn't shown the world before. Their willingness to be interviewed and filmed, and I could totally understand why they wouldn't want to, is, I am sure, an inspiration to other conjoined twins.
“Why fix what is not broken??” George added when asked if they wished they had been separated.

This one still gets me.

It's so normal for us to assume that the best course of action would have been to separate them if possible and here is the person affected by it saying otherwise.
- This happens a lot in the disability community too
Sorry to hear they're gone and I didn't know about George's transition. I remember years ago seeing a documentary about them. George was a country singer, Lori hated country music.