While some people would say that times have changed, and that in this modern age discrimination doesn't exist, 60-year-old 'Celebrity Big Brother' star Kellie Maloney, formerly known as Frank Maloney, thinks otherwise. She recently spoke with EQ View and opened up about her experience as a transgender woman in today's world.

According to the former boxing promoter, the gay community hasn't been fully accepted, "I want people to understand the transgender community and to see us as what we are, human beings. We're probably where the gay community was 30 years ago, tolerated but we're not fully accepted. It makes me understand what the gay community went through," Maloney told EQ View.

The star admitted that she is still unsure about her sexuality as she waits for her full sex operation which will be performed in January, "I'm not involved in a sexual relationship with anyone. I haven't [been] since I left my home and my wife," Maloney said.

She added, "I'm not going to say I will be involved in a sexual relationship and I'm not going to say I won't be. I don't know what my sexuality is, I might see the man of my dreams, I might see the woman of my dreams, I can't close a door and I'm always prepared in life."

As the former UKIP politician waits for her final transformation from a man to a woman, she revealed that she struggled to deal with people when she maintained secrecy about her inner identity, "Before 'Big Brother' I was hidden away and I spent most my time with a small transgender community near Brighton, a support group called T G Pals and my counsellor - I'm quite petite so no-one battered an eye lid at my appearance or at the fact I used to be Frank, I was just Kellie," Maloney said.

While bullied on the streets, Maloney keeps it calm and remembers who she really is, "I could never give up this process, it's me. I didn't wake up one day deciding I wanted to be a woman, this is who I am. I knew from when I was 3 I was different, I just never showed it. I never wanted to be figured out from the crowd," she said.