Veronika Simms

Veronika Simms is a 41 year old Houstonian that loves football and is also a transgender. Before I met Veronika, I thought all transgender people were the same. I thought that they all dressed up as Drag Queens and transitioned to be with the opposite sex. But Veronika was just like anyone else. She grew up as a boy and did regular boy things as a kid. It wasn’t until she started going to elementary school until she realized she was a little different from other boys her age. She thought that the other boys were just more mature than her and that she needed to catch up. So she did all that she could to fit in.

When she got into high school, that’s when she realized that something was wrong with her. She tried even harder to fit in and even started to play football and was really good at it. But she still hung out with girls instead of the boys because she felt like she had more in common with the girls and could relate to them better. When she got into college she continued to play the roll of a man. She still played football through college and even worked as a bouncer for a club for 2 years.

After college she married a woman and they adopted two kids. She played Rugby, coached little league football and lived the typical suburban life. She hung out with her guy friends and was happy but remained hiding. She later got divorced in 2011 and about 6 months after the divorce she met and dated a transgender woman named Vivika. She says that she’s the one that helped her through her process of transitioning. She taught her a little about make up, how to dress, and even suggested a few plastic surgeons that can do her procedures for her which in all she spent about $34,000 on surgery for her face.

She now enjoys her life and says that she has met many inspirational people along the way. She is in good contact with her family and has no regrets about the decision she has made. She says she’s still attracted to women as a woman and is not in a serious relationship right now but rather “reliving her 20’s while in her 40’s”.