Michael Phelps" girlfriend Taylor Lianne Chandler reveals she was born a boy The girlfriend of Olympic champion Michael Phelps reveals she was born David Roy Fitch. The truth ... the 41-year-old ex-lover of Michael Phelps has revealed her complicated past on Facebook. THE girlfriend of Olympic champion Michael Phelps has dropped a bombshell - she was born intersex and lived as a boy until her teens. In a post on her Facebook page, Taylor Lianne Chandler, 41, revealed that she was an intersex baby and her birth name was David Roy Fitch. In the dark ... Olympic champion Michael Phelps had no idea about his ex-lover's past. "I was born with male genitalia with no testicles, but I also have a uterus and no ovaries," she told Radar Online. TRANSGENDER KIDS: Teen Jazz Jennings writes children's book Secrets ... Taylor Lianne Chandler says Michael Phelps was unaware she was born a boy. She decided to change her name as a teenager and later underwent surgery to become a woman. Chandler claims Phelps, 29, was unaware that she was born intersex and that she did not tell him during their relationship. BEING ME: "I want to be a girl, I'm sick of this body" ANTI-GAY STANCE: Casey councillor slammed for "cheap stunt" Chandler, who dated the swimmer before he checked into rehab in September, says she met Phelps on hook-up app Tinder. True passion ... Chandler says she and Phelps had an amazing sex life. The pair met up at the Olympian's Baltimore home to watch a football game, she told Radar Online. "One thing led to the next, and we made love during halftime," she said. FUNDING CUTS: Is this the end for our ABC? TEARFUL APOLOGY: Accused breaks down over fatal smash POWER LOST: Fire and big rain as storm smashes city CELEBRITY PAIN: Bono seriously injured in bike crash SEXIEST ALIVE: Why Ryan Gosling turned Hollywood title down Later, we had sex again. The intimacy with him was amazing! It was the first time in my life that someone has made me feel like a true woman. Phelps was arrested for drunk driving and entered rehab last month. His ex-lover says she emailed him about her complicated history but he has yet to respond. Originally published as Phelps" lover was raised as a boy