S4 • E5 Nov 15, 2016
At the age of two, Lily Nichols tore the pink Easter bow out of her hair and, using the few words she knew, repeatedly told her mum Vanessa to "Take off." From that moment on Vanessa and then husband Dustin realized their daughter was going to be different to other girls her age. But far from simply going through a tomboy phase, Lily has already talked about becoming a boy when she is older: changing her name and having surgery. Despite this, Vanessa says she is in no rush to put labels on her now seven-year-old daughter and hasn't even introduced Lily to the word transgender.
