Zach, 5, lives as girl over gender disorder

With pig-tails, pink glasses and a cute smile, this could be a picture of any five-year-old little girl. However, it is actually a little boy who is living as a girl after telling his mother he is trapped in the wrong body.

Theresa Avery’s son Zach is the youngest person in Britain to be diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID).

In a person with the condition, the brain tells them they are a different sex to their body.