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Photographer Sarah Wong spent the past 13 years documenting the journeys of a group of kids who either identify as transgender or question the gender they were assigned at birth. The result, a photo series called Inside Out , lets the children present as they see themselves — it's like a wonderfully gender-affirming game of dress-up.
Wong, who's Dutch, began the project when she was asked to do a photo book for a children's hospital. "The parents of [transgender] children saw this book on broadcast and called me. They [also] wanted such a book. A week later we met and the children immediately touched my heart," Wong told us over email.
The portraits show the subjects at a variety of ages, posing as they wish and dressing how they feel most comfortable — regardless of the gender they were each assigned at birth. The children's parents wanted to keep them anonymous, so some portraits are accompanied by the subjects' ages, but never names.
Sometimes, the subjects look confidently into the camera, proud of their sports victories or showing off their cute outfits. Sometimes, they seem like every disaffected teenager on the planet, lounging on the sofa and waiting for the shot to be over with so they can get back to what they were doing.
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Published: 12:19 BST, 10 December 2019 | Updated: 20:33 BST, 10 December 2019
One of Britain's youngest transgender children has begun transitioning at the age of 12 after realising she was in the 'wrong body' aged just three.
Terri Lammin, 43, from Ramsgate, Kent, said that watching her daughter Ash - born Ashton - grow up confused and uncomfortable in her own body was 'heartbreaking.'
She said: 'Although she was born male, from the moment she could speak Ash insisted she was a girl.
'By age five, she was asking "when is someone going to chop my winky off?" - and questioning why she had it at all.'
Terri Lammin, 43, from Ramsgate, Kent said that watching her daughter Ash (pictured) - born Ashton - grow up confused and uncomfortable in her own body was 'heartbreaking'. The 12-year-old has begun transitioning by taking hormone blockers which will prevent her puberty
Ash, who is now being home schooled after being bullied, says that it has been difficult growing up as a trans girl, but says she feels that she is firmly on the right path
As a young child, Ash appeared like many girls of her age to be obsessed with pink and wearing a princess dress - the sort of thing usually seen at birthday parties.
Photos from the time mask a difficult period for the mother and daughter. As a three-year-old, Ash would insist on bathing in a mermaid swimming costume.
While the photos appear to show a happy child splashing in the water, the real reason she chose to wear the bathing costume was so that she wouldn't have to see her body.
Ash, who changed her name by deed poll to Ashley when she was eight-years-old, says that it has been difficult growing up as a trans girl, but now feels she is firmly on the right path.
She said: 'The journey is long and it's still going, but I feel like the sense of victory is there through it all. I do feel accepted sometimes, but other times not.
'Not everyone is going to understand and people have to have their own opinions and I understand that. Some people might not like the idea of trans.
'I hope I inspire others but I just hope that love and acceptance comes through everything.'
According to her mother, Ash is the perfect example of a child who has been born in the wrong body.
Despite the school's willingness to help and the kindness of Ash's classmates, Ms Lammin says that other parents were very difficult - leaving her out of social events and complaining that Ash was using the girls' toilets
From a young age, Ash appeared like many young girls to be obsessed with pink and wearing a princess dress, the sort of thing that's usually seen at birthday parties. Now, aged almost 13, she is embarking on a lengthy journey to transition her gender from male to female
Now, aged almost 13, she is embarking on a lengthy journey to transition her gender from male to female at an NHS-run clinic - and is one of the youngest in the country to do so.
Teenagers who are 17 years of age or older may be seen in an adult gender clinic.
They are entitled to consent to their own treatment and follow the standard adult protocols.
By this age, doctors can be much more confident in making a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and, if desired, steps can be taken towards more permanent hormone or surgical treatments to alter their body further, to fit with their gender identity.
Those younger could be treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues.
These are synthetic (man-made) hormones that suppress the hormones naturally produced by the body.
This prevents masculine characteristics of the body - which can create anxiety among young trans children.
Ash will soon start taking hormone blockers to halt the onset of puberty.
She has researched the process incessantly and even wants a womb transplant so that she can be a mother when she's older.
While some critics have accused Ms Lammin of taking drastic decisions on behalf of a child who is too young to know better, she points out that Ash will take the blockers until she is 18.
At that point, she herself will decide whether to go ahead with gender reassignment surgery.
If she decides not to go ahead with it, Ash will come off the blocker and her puberty will kick in just a few years later than her peers.
Ms Lammin said: 'I never thought it was a phase, Ash was just Ash.
'When she was three she said to me, 'I'm a boy because you gave me a boy's name - it's your fault.'
'I remember feeling horrible, because she blamed me. I personally thought maybe this was what an extremely camp gay man is like as a child.
'I'd never come across it before and I just went along with it. I just thought 'if he's happy, well that's the main thing.'
But Ms Lammin, who has seven other children, said that life became much harder when Ash started at primary school.
She said: 'I sent her to school in a boy's uniform. I felt awful, she didn't want to wear it and I was making her.
Ash suffers from anxiety and, her mother said, and has even made suicidal comments
'The school were great. The headmaster at the time said 'if you think it's going to make life easier then bring Ash in a girl's uniform', so I did.
'I was in a right state. I thought 'everybody is going to think I'm weird' - but Ash loved it, she found it easy.
Ms Lammin paid tribute to her 'inspirational' daughter
'Before, when I was taking her into school, she was biting me and kicking me, she didn't want to go in.
'As soon as she put the girl's uniform on, she wanted to go every day.'
Despite the school's willingness to help and the kindness of Ash's classmates, Ms Lammin says that other parents were very difficult - leaving her out of social events and complaining that Ash was using the girls' toilets.
She added: 'When Ash was Ashton, she was invited to all the kids' parties, even though she used to turn up in a princess dress.
'The parents didn't mind then. But as soon as I let her be Ashley all the time, for a whole year she didn't get invited to one party.
'The kids were fine; it's not the children, kids play with anybody. It's not until an adult comes in and says you shouldn't do that then it changes.'
When Ash turned 11 and went to secondary school, she became a target for bullies who would throw things at her on the bus and shout 'tranny' at her - forcing Ms Lammin to take her out of the school after just one term.
Luna Schofield (left) has identified as a girl since the age of three and her mother Jeneen (right) has supported her throughout
Ash is now being home-schooled, and Ms Lammin is calling for better education within schools to teach children about transgender people.
She said: 'I'd like to see the subject of transgender people included in some lessons, like there are about same-sex families.
'There needs to be more about liking people for who they are, not what they are.'
Ash suffers from anxiety and, her mother said has even made suicidal comments.
Ms Lammin said: 'Some days she says 'I'm so glad I'm me', but other days she feels terrible. She asks why it has to happen to her and she hates herself.
'I tell her that some people are born with one leg, and they have to deal with it. I question whether it was a chromosome disorder that led to this - I would like to know why it happened.'
'She is so inspirational. She could easily have said 'I'll just be a boy' but she feels so strongly about who she is she accepts the difficulties.But it's a lot for a child to deal with.'
Ash is among the youngest of children to begin her transition.
Hannah Phillips creates YouTube videos to help others with questions about transitioning and being transgender
Luna Schofield who identified as a girl since the age of three, began dressing in girl's clothing with the support of her mother, Jeneen.
The seven-year-old is still too young for hormone blockers but her NHS mother has had her passport and name changed via deed poll.
A transgender YouTuber also discussed the difficulties she faces as someone who appears regularly online.
Hannah Phillips became the first transgender YouTuber to create a video every day, with clips about her male to female trans journey.
The 19-year-old from the New Forest in Hampshire started sharing her story when she dropped out of school aged 15 after she was bullied by classmates.
Ms Phillips decided to transition at the age of 15, after realising aged six that she was 'different from other children'.
While in Texas a jury has ruled against a father who tried to intervene and stop his seven-year-old son from transitioning to a girl.
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 enables transsexual people to apply to receive a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).
The Act gives people with gender dysphoria legal recognition as members of the sex appropriate to their gender identity allowing them to acquire a Gender Recognition Certificate.
A Gender Recognition Certificate is the document issued that shows that a person has satisfied the criteria for legal recognition in the acquired gender.
People whose birth was registered in the United Kingdom or abroad with the British authorities are able to obtain a birth certificate showing their recognised legal sex.
People granted a full GRC are from the date of issue, considered in the eyes of the law to be of their 'acquired gender' in most situations.
Jeff Younger and his ex-wife Anne Georgulas were involved in a lengthy and bitter feud in Dallas as they argued in a family court over whether their son James has gender dysphoria.
Following a week-long trial concluding in October, a jury decided to give sole managing guardianship of James and twin brother Jude to their mother.
Earlier this week, LGBT campaign group Stonewall issued guidance to primary schools stating that children should be taught about lesbian, gay and transgender issues in every subject from the age of five.
Stonewall issued the guidance to coincide with the launch of new relationships and sex education (RSE) lessons that begin next September.
Parents are allowed to remove their children from sex lessons but ones covering relationships are compulsory.
Stonewall has suggested that teachers use the LGBT rainbow flag to help children understand the meaning of colours.
The group adds that teaching about LGBT people should be 'embedded' throughout school timetables.
Letter was written in support of artist Rachel Ara who is crowdfunding a legal case against Oxford Brookes University, after it cancelled lectures she was going to give
Leading gay rights charity Stonewall has been accused of censoring debate on gender identity and suppressing academic freedom.
More than 20 professors, researchers and lecturers have signed a letter criticising the charity for providing UK universities with a template on transgender issues.
According to the letter, this template does not allow dissenting views or criticism from academics who think differently.
The academics also claim that questioning Stonewall's policies opens them up to harassment from students.
The charity's policies go far beyond equality law, critics say.
The letter, sent to the Times, was co-ordinated by Kathleen Stock, a professor of philosophy at Sussex University.
Signatories include Simon Fanshawe, former chairman of Sussex University council and one of the founders of LGB Alliance.
LGB Alliance broke away from Stonewall over its approach to transgender issues in October.
The letter was written in support of artist Rachel Ara, who is crowdfunding a legal case against Oxford Brookes University, after it cancelled tutorials and lectures she was going to give at the last minute last month.
Ms Ara, who says she draws a distinction between biological sex and gender identity, claimed that the university's LGBTQ+ society wrote to its vice-chancellor complaining about her invitation.
Critics claim Stonewall transgender policies do not allow dissenting views or criticism from academics who think differently
The letter was co-ordinated by Kathleen Stock (left), a professor of philosophy at Sussex University. Signatories include Simon Fanshawe (right), former chairman of Sussex University council and one of the founders of LGB Alliance
Ms Ara claims that the Oxford Brookes University (pictured) LGBTQ+ society wrote to its vice-chancellor complaining about her invitation, leading to her lectures being cancelled
After her appearance was cancelled, the university said that correct procedures had not been followed.
In a letter to the university, Ms Ara's lawyer, Paul Conrathe, links the cancellation to Stonewall.
He said that Oxford Brookes is one of several universities who follow the charity's policy.
Mr Conrathe argues that this means the university's policies and training are drawn up 'on terms dictated by Stonewall', which 'treats any dissenting views as transphobic'.
Ms Ara is demanding that her invitation to speak be reinstated within three months.
She is also calling on the university to amend its policies that she believes restrict academic freedom.
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