"Aaron was always the same person no matter what his name or pronouns were, so his transition didn’t affect our relationship in the slightest. It felt really natural moving from being friends to being in a relationship. "When I finally did see him again, he gave me the biggest embrace and we both cried.
Kayla said: "Whilst Aaron was away in Oregon, I kept up to date with his transition and what was going on with him all those years.
Thankfully, she felt the same, and the couple have been at each others side ever since. After meeting a handful of times, Aaron plucked up the courage to kiss Kayla to see if his feeling were reciprocated. He got back in touch with Kayla, who was still living in the same place, and they instantly rekindled their friendship.Īaron and Kayla Capener are now happily marriedīut, as they spent more time together, it became clear to Aaron there was a romantic connection between the two of them which he'd felt since they first met. Three years later he left Oregon aged 20 and moved to Tennessee. He then transitioned to male, and started presenting as a man. They then started saying I was simply not praying hard enough."Īaron began to feel more and more uncomfortable living at home, and at 16 he got a job at McDonald's which enabled him to save up enough money to move out. "They made me see the pastor at our church to try and 'cure' my feelings.