Gender Identity Disorder (GID) has become far more frequent over the years, and those who experience it just keep getting younger and younger. In the UK, a 5-year-old boy by the name of Zach Avery is one of the youngest children to be affected by the psychological disorder. Zack, now formerly known as Zachy, was as young as 3 when he knew for certain that he was a girl at heart.
Zachy's mother Theresa Avery recalls the day when he first announced to her that he was no longer a boy:
"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. He used to cry and try to cut off his willy out of frustration."
Zachy's official diagnosis came last year at the age of four. He has since changed his appearance from a boyish one to that of a young girl. He can often be seen wearing his long blond hair in pigtails, pink skirts and sweaters, purple tutu's and other feminine attire.
His school has been very supportive of Zachy's peculiar case. They have changed the bathroom signs to that of "Unisex" rather than have them labeled "Boy" "Girl", to make him feel more comfortable. All of his classmates have accepted him as he is, just their friend Zach.
It would be nice if the rest of the world could take from this elementary example and just accept people for who they are and not resort to bullying just because a person is different.
Source: bossip.com
