Teenager's hopes to change gender

[Shana A]

Teenager's hopes to change gender

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8338000/8338723.stm

A 15-year-old girl from Somerset is waiting until she is old enough to undergo surgery to change gender.

The girl who identifies as a boy hopes to begin testosterone treatment when she is 16.

She says even if she doesn't have full surgery her greatest wish is to live her life as a man and be accepted that way by the rest of the world.

So far only people close to her know about her situation as she gets through this important stage in her life.