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29th Jun 2016

Parents Of A Transgender Child Send A Powerful Message To Her School Teachers

Sharyn Hayden

In the midst of all that is going wrong with the world these days, there are still beautiful individuals and families who are working together for a better future for our children.

If your child needed to come to you and say that they didn’t feel like the gender they were born in, how would you respond?

The little girl in this video from Unworthy was born a boy and he was named Zach.

At three years of age, Zach started to wear dresses and expressed great happiness to have one on.

Zach’s parents thought they had a son who was playing dress-up and they were totally fine with that.

Presenting to the world as a girl became more and more of a permanent fixture for Zach, who then chose to change names to Ellie, because Ellie didn’t want anyone to think she was a boy.

Now 4-and-a-half, Ellie has become more certain of her position that she is really a girl and has told her parents;

“I’m a girl in my heart and in my brain”

Her parents say that she is so brave and are following her lead by letting her school teachers know what they can expect from their amazing little girl.

Her dad says;

“I’m really scared for her but at the same time, I wouldn’t have it any other way”

You can watch the full video here:

And Ellie’s Mum adds;

“This is the way our child was born, and we love her”

We think Ellie is lucky to have such amazing parents, don’t you?

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