On ABC's 20/20, DeLeon talked about wanting to be a woman, and how that influenced his decision to cut his penis off last year:
I basically took a sheet and tied it around my lower extremity I tied it around and I went to cut it off, he told ABC News.
During the interview Deleon was quick to point out that he's straight, and that even though he wanted to be a woman, he also wanted to continue his relationship with his wife.
I'm not attracted to guys, he said. But I wanted the surgery, and I knew I 100 percent wanted the surgery. But I only like females.
Deleon said he avoided the surgery for a long time because he wanted his daughter to have the most normal life possible and didn't want to mix her up.
