Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl. Born Zachariah, the psychology student hated wearing boys’ clothes and longed to wear frilly dresses and makeup. She even became the captain of her school’s netball team. After leaving school at 16, Ashlee knew she couldn’t live as a boy anymore, and with the support of her parents Elizabeth, 50, and Elwyn, 65, began to live as a girl. But her GP was less supportive, and when Ashlee asked to go on hormone therapy to complete her transformation, he turned her down for being too young
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FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
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A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
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Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
