"Two men who fell in love are getting married but will be walking down the aisle as brides after both underwent a full sex change operation to become women.

Parma Bertoli, 59, and partner Stephanie Nickles, 43, started a relationship back in 2004 when they were still men.

Stephanie underwent a full sex change in 2006 after having the procedure funded by the NHS while Parma went under the knife to become a woman in 2008.

They couple, who live in Warndon, Worcester, had their birth certificates changed to reflect their new female identities.

Next month the couple are preparing to don white dresses for their wedding.

However, the couple have been forced to bring the big day forward after Parma was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour last October and was given less than 12 months to live.

Parma, a former meat hygiene inspector, said: 'Steph and I got together when we were both men in 2004 and lived together as men.

'Steph was in pre-op so was living as a woman and I made the change soon after.

'Today we are still in love as women.

'To us, gender is not an issue in our relationship. We are just two people who met and tried to help each other along.

'I know I have a very limited amount of time left but it would mean the world to both of us to get married - it would be absolutely brilliant.'

The couple got engaged while looking for jewellery in 2009 when Parma suddenly got down on one knee.

Stephanie, who has two grown-up children from a previous marriage with whom she has no contact, added: 'We were out browsing commitment rings in a jewellers and when I turned round from a display cabinet I saw Parma down on one knee.

'She just said to me "will you marry me?" and of course I said yes. We bought our engagement rings there and then. The staff in the shop clapped, it was a wonderful moment.'

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And the best news is the sex change operations were free, paid for by the British National Health Services. Why can't we be so progressive?

The circles get ever smaller (and faster) as civilization continues to spin around the drain....

Why NHS? They could've been "chopped and channeled" at any custom body shop.

It gets worse every day...