Jessie and Antonio pictured soon after their wedding in 2018. MEET THE inspiring transgender woman who as a child would pray to wake up with female genitalia and who as an adult met her very own Prince Charming who whisked her off her feet by accepting her for who she is. Assistant manager, Jessie Adelynn Strickland (24), from North Carolina, USA, always felt that she was in the wrong body from a young age, then called Jonathan Curtis Adams, and would pray she would wake up with female genitalia but didn???t act on her feelings until she was 22-years-old, when she began hormone treatments. Despite having always identified as a female, Jessie didn???t know what ???transgender??? meant until she began researching terms on Google. Jessie was upfront with her now husband, Antonio, when they first met and began dating in June 2016 and he supported her throughout her journey of self-acceptance, despite previously dating women in the past. While she was accepted by her friends, mother and niece, the rest of Jessie???s extended family didn???t take her news as well as they have cut her out of their lives. This hasn???t stopped Jessie from embracing her brave journey and she has never felt as happy as she is now that she knows who she is. Jessie Adelynn Strickland / mediadrumworld.com