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Fearless

(18,421 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 12:48 PM Feb 2012

Five-year-old may be youngest trans person in UK

Mother Theresa Avery said: “He just turned round to me one day when he was three and said: ‘Mummy, I’m a girl’. I assumed he was just going through a phase and just left it at that.

“But then it got serious and he would become upset if anyone referred to him as a boy...

Theresa added that Zachy’s school had been supportive, saying: “We explained to the other kids at the school that Zachy’s body was that of a boy but in his brain he was a girl. We said Zach was just happier being a girl than a boy.

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“But the other kids haven’t batted an eyelid, they’ve accepted Zach as Zach and there’s been no problems at the school with bullying.”

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/02/20/five-year-old-may-be-youngest-trans-girl-in-uk/

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It's always nice to come across a story where people accept LGBTers for who they are.

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Five-year-old may be youngest trans person in UK (Original Post) Fearless Feb 2012 OP
Great story thanks for posting. William769 Feb 2012 #1
+1 Fearless Feb 2012 #2
small children don't buy into religion yet so they do not have that kind of bigotry nt msongs Feb 2012 #3

William769

(55,142 posts)
1. Great story thanks for posting.
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 01:05 PM
Feb 2012

Maybe by the time this persons generation reaches adulthood, acceptance will be the norm & not the exception.

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