‘I never felt like the boy I was supposed to be’

VANESSA Lacey never felt like the boy she was supposed to be when she was growing up in Waterford.

The second eldest of four boys, she started dressing in clothes belonging to another local girl from a very early age.

“As far back as I can remember, I never felt like the boy I was supposed to be,” said Vanessa, now aged 45 and preparing for a gender reassignment.