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Taylor Lianne Chandler (born November 24, 1972), also known as Taylor Chandler, is a former sign language interpreter and crisis management consultant. She gained attention in November 2014 due to her relationship with Olympic Gold Medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps.

Early life
Chandler was born David Roy Fitch, an intersex baby, in Lewiston, Maine. Her mother died in a car accident when Chandler was 3 months old; her father is equestrian harness-racing legend Leigh “The Fox” Fitch. Chandler was raised by Fitch’s parents.

Chandler admits to having been the victim of molestation at the end of third grade, which resulted in her transferring to a private school, misgendered as a boy although she identified as female.

Chandler left her family at the age of 15 and was legally emancipated at age 16. During that time, she legally changed her name to Paige Victoria Whitney.

Chandler was diagnosed as intersex in her early teens, and underwent corrective surgery in her twenties to remove her male genitalia in 1993.

She later changed her name to Taylor Lianne Whitney. Her past marriage to a State Department employee resulted in her surname change to Chandler; she has a daughter from this marriage.

Education
Chandler attended Coastline Community College and Valencia State College and graduated in July 2008 with a degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is proficient in American Sign Language, with credentials in Quality Assurance (QA), Virginia Quality Assurance Screening (VQAS), Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA), and Visual Phonics (VP) in Sign Language Interpreting.

Career
Chandler was a sign language interpreter and crisis management consultant in Washington, DC from October 2013 to November 2014, primarily working on Capitol Hill.

The media attention given to her relationship with Phelps and her intersex status has resulted in Chandler shuttering her company.

Personal life
Chandler gained national media attention when it was revealed she was in a relationship with 22-time Olympic Gold Medalist and swimmer Michael Phelps. The pair met on the dating app Tinder in August 2014 and started their relationship in September of the same year [CITE WASHINGTONPOST: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/11/20/michael-phelps-alleged-girlfriend-says-she-was-born-intersex/].

The affair was exposed on The Hollywood Gossip on October 3, 2014, 3 days after Phelps was arrested for a DUI. Chandler’s gender was made public by The National Enquirer on November 19, 2014, after the pair terminated their relationship. Pop culture media site TMZ also exposed her relationship with Phelps. Chandler has also spoken on The Howard Stern Show on the subject of her relationship with Phelps and her sexuality.