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When Having a Surgery this Man Found Out He's Actually a Woman

Hema Mullur, KDVR, Reporting— Steve Crecelius is a prominent local photographer. He’s lived his entire life as a man but recently discovered – he is in fact a female. “I remember wearing my mom’s clothes and makeup, very secretly, not telling anybody,” Crecelius said. From a young age, Crecelius identified more with being a female, but hid behind a male persona.“When I was 17, I was working my first part-time job at a TV station as a floor cameraman and the person in charge said to me, ‘You know, you walk like a queer.’ And I thought I was hiding who I was, and I wasn’t,” he said. About 40 years later, a revelation: “I had a kidney stone and we’re in the emergency room,” Crecelius said. “The nurse is reading the ultrasound and says, ‘Huh, this says you’re a female’.” It turns out Steve was born intersex, meaning he has both male and female parts. The diagnosis was a shock, but also a relief. “It validated everything I had always felt inside,” he said. So he decided to slowly start living as the woman he is now – Stevie. But she had more than just herself to think about. “How do you tell your kids that well, it’s no longer dad, it’s dadette?” she said. Stevie and wife Debbie have six children. “Within a few minutes, all of them said, ‘I don’t care dad; I love you for who you are’.” Nearly five years after that ultrasound, Stevie and Debbie are still together. It wasn’t always easy. “I didn’t sign on for this, but who signs on for anything?” she said. “She’s the same person she was as a he on the inside.” The two still share an intimate relationship based on more than sex or gender. “We do share a bedroom. We even share the same bed,” Debbie said. “She still relates to my heart and soul, and I still relate to hers, and I think that that’s the essence of true love,” said Stevie. With the support of her family and friends, Stevie is now living the life she’s always dreamed of. “It’s so liberating to be able to be and express how I feel inside,” she said. By sharing her story, she hopes others will be inspired to embrace their true selves the way she has. “I am the luckiest woman in the world,” Stevie said. “I don’t think that there’s any way that I could be more blessed.”

Lawmaker?

Dan Jovic, Fox 8- An Illinois state lawmaker lost his cool on the state House floor Tuesday. Republican Mike Bost was furious about a new plan to overhaul the state pension system. Bost unleashed a screaming rant on Democrats for not giving Republicans enough time to read over the latest version of the proposed bill. He threw papers into the air, yelled and even quoted Moses from the Bible, saying “Let My People Go.” This all unfolded while his colleagues looked on in stunned disbelief.

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Italy's Deadly Earthquake

By the CNN Wire Staff — The death toll from a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Italy rose to 17 after the discovery of another body, officials said Wednesday. The body was found in the rubble of a collapsed factory in the area of Medolla, Italy’s civil protection agency said. Italian government officials met Wednesday morning and decided on several measures that will be taken in the aftermath of the quake. The government declared a state of emergency in the quake area and also declared June 4 as a national day of mourning, according to a press statement. Also, a two-cent tax increase will be added to gasoline to help finance the recovery effort, the statement said. The earthquake forced thousands of people from their homes and came nine days after a 6.0-magnitude quake struck the same region, killing seven people. Tuesday’s quake was followed by dozens of aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded one aftershock of 5.6 magnitude. The quake was centered in the province of Modena, near Bologna. The towns of Mirandola and Cavezzo were closest to the epicenter, civil protection authorities said. Witnesses reported on Twitter that Cavezzo was about 70% destroyed. Pictures purportedly from the town, as well as a video stream from Italian newspaper Corriere de la Serra, show damaged and destroyed buildings.

Memorial Day Murder

By Ted Achladis and Jessica Dabrowski of Fox8-Authorities, on Tuesday evening, arrested a man wanted for a Memorial Day murder. The arrest came approximately seven hours after Cleveland Division of Police Chief Michael McGrath asked for the public’s help in locating the “armed and dangerous” suspect. Cleveland Police Det. Jennifer Ciaccia tells Fox 8 News that Robert Franks, 49, was apprehended by the Cuyahoga Heights Police Department. Before his arrest, Franks was last spotted leaving a shooting scene in the 8200 block of Brinsmade Avenue on Monday. That’s where Jeffrey Antal, 56, was found shot to death in the backyard of a home. Franks left the area on a silver-and-red bicycle with a red milk crate attached, police said.