By Danielle Gusmaroli for Daily Mail Australia Dressed in a stripy uniform, Alice band and purple sneakers, Skyler Burns skips merrily through the  school gates eager to start her morning. Her nails are painted pink, her hair is a golden mane of shoulder-length locks, and her cheeky smile is as infectious as her effervescent nature. Yet, the cherubic six-year-old was in fact born a boy called Seth who has now begun school life as a girl, happily telling her new friends on Queensland's Gold Coast: ‘Mummy said the doctors told her I was a boy - but they got it wrong ... I've always been a girl.'
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Skyler Burns, 6, was born Seth but feels more comfortable as a girl
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Her parents, from the Gold Coast, knew she was different when she preferred Barbies over Thomas The Tank Engine
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Skyler has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria
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Her school has adapted to her needs, allowing her to use the girls' toilets but she must change alone
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Her mother says she still misses Seth but Skyler is like every other happy six year old
They have chosen to share their story with @placeholder to educate people about what transgender means - so that their daughter does not have to study in a hostile environment.