A woman named Taylor Lianne Chandler who claims to be the swimmer's girlfriend opens up about her gender in a recent Facebook post.
- Nov 21, 2014
AceShowbiz - A woman who claims to be Michael Phelps' girlfriend opened up about being born intersex in a recent Facebook post. In a lengthy post sent out on November 13, the woman named Taylor Lianne Chandler talked about being born intersex, which according to the Intersex Society of America is "conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male."
"I was born intersex and named David Roy Fitch at birth. By the time I could walk and talk I made it clear I was a girl and dressed as one. In my early teens I was medically diagnosed and went on testosterone blockers, at 15 estrogen enhancers," she wrote. "My birth certificate was modified along with my name while I was a teenager, prior to any corrective surgery."
Chandler said she and Phelps got to know each other via Tinder. "Spending time with him was like a teenage love affair. I have never felt so comfortable and accepted in every way as I did with him. I didn't tell him about my past until threat of the media exposing me forced me too," she continued, adding that she was with him when he was arrested for DUI in September. Following the arrest, the swimmer checked into rehab.
Chandler's page is featured with links of news articles related to her statement and many photos of Phelps, but none of them sees the pair posing together. Phelps or his camp has not commented on the story.
