When Hayley Waddell's 18-month-old daughter Lily refused to wear pink frilly knickers, instead insisting upon Bob The Builder pants, she put it down to her being a bit of a tomboy, simply less girly than her three sisters. But as Lily grew older and continued squirming in dresses, playing only with cars and actually insisting she was a boy - even cutting her blonde hair short at the age of five - Hayley, 48, a hairdresser from Lowestoft, Suffolk, wondered if this was more than just a phase. And when, at the age of nine, Lily said, 'You're not taking me seriously! I don't want to be a girl anymore! ', Hayley knew something had to change.
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Leo Waddell, 12, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, was born Lily
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He has been certain since the age of five that he was meant to be a boy
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He is now one of the UK's youngest gender dysphoria patients
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Leo has appeared on ITV's This Morning with mother Hayley
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Social services visited after complaints Hayley was forcing Lily to be a boy
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