‘Wearing boy’s uniform made me sick,’ brave eight-year-old speaks out about being transgender in primary school
Though she was born a boy, Tegan Dyason (born Tom) finally feels like herself after starting school this year in a skirt and pigtails
WHEN courageous Tegan Dyason stepped through the school gates dressed as a girl for the first time, it was an emotional moment for mum Michelle who was both losing a son, and gaining a daughter.
Tegan, 8, was born a boy and lived as Tom until she came out as transgender aged just six.
Speaking to the , Tegan admitted that slipping into a school skirt rather than trousers made her "a million per cent happy."
The youngster finally admitted to her mum that she felt like a girl after an incident in the playground left her in tears.
Tegan had always enjoyed playing with toys and games that were more traditionally seen as 'girly' but when another child called her 'gay' Tegan was devastated.
She said: "I told them I wasn't gay – I was a girl."