
Mia Cowley is your usual happy little girl, running around
her garden with twin brother Moses. But the six-year-old hasn’t always been
this way. For Mia only truly arrived into the world at Easter- until
then she was Max.
her garden with twin brother Moses. But the six-year-old hasn’t always been
this way. For Mia only truly arrived into the world at Easter- until
then she was Max.
Now, as one of Britain’s youngest transgender children, she
grins from behind her purple glasses and says simply: “God just made me muddled
up.”
grins from behind her purple glasses and says simply: “God just made me muddled
up.”
The youngster’s family are speaking out to help others who
may be going through the same situation and not know what to do.
may be going through the same situation and not know what to do.
Mum, Kizzy said: “It is normal, it is alright. If your kid
says, ‘I think I want to be a boy or a girl’ and it doesn’t quite sit, there’s
advice out there and it is OK.”
says, ‘I think I want to be a boy or a girl’ and it doesn’t quite sit, there’s
advice out there and it is OK.”
Moses sums it up matter-of-factly, too. He said: “I was
nervous about meeting her but my brother has just become my sister.”
nervous about meeting her but my brother has just become my sister.”
This week, as millions of children returned to school, Moses
went in wearing trousers while Mia was in her dress and cardigan. Looking like
any other mixed twins.
went in wearing trousers while Mia was in her dress and cardigan. Looking like
any other mixed twins.

Mia ready for school with twin Moses
Just a year earlier they had gone to school as brothers.
Kizzy said it was a major moment in her transformation and
admitted to being a little apprehensive
admitted to being a little apprehensive
Speaking of the moment she told school staff Max was now
Mia, she said: “I was an emotional wreck. I got the deputy head and her teacher
together and they must have thought she had cancer because of the state I was
in. I said Max is transgender and I don’t know what to do. They didn’t either.”
Mia, she said: “I was an emotional wreck. I got the deputy head and her teacher
together and they must have thought she had cancer because of the state I was
in. I said Max is transgender and I don’t know what to do. They didn’t either.”

Mia with twin Moses
But strong-willed Mia did pand she had no trouble
announcing herself. Kizzy said: “At the end of the first day they do show and
tell. Mia stood up and showed her hair clip. A boy in her class said, ‘That’s a
girl’s hair clip’ and she went ‘Yes, I know, I’m a girl now. My name is Mia’.
announcing herself. Kizzy said: “At the end of the first day they do show and
tell. Mia stood up and showed her hair clip. A boy in her class said, ‘That’s a
girl’s hair clip’ and she went ‘Yes, I know, I’m a girl now. My name is Mia’.
“The day she came out of school after everyone had been told
I was anxious and asked her how it went.
I was anxious and asked her how it went.
“She said, ‘I feel like sunshine inside, Mummy’ because she
was being recognised as who she wanted to be.
was being recognised as who she wanted to be.

Mia in her favourite dress
“The school told all their classes. One reception boy said,
‘So she has always been Mia but we just got her name wrong.’”
‘So she has always been Mia but we just got her name wrong.’”
Mia, who now shares a bedroom with twin sisters Matilda and
Florence, three, told how she started wanting to be a girl at the age of two.
Florence, three, told how she started wanting to be a girl at the age of two.
While the small-knit community on the Isle of Wight where
she lives fully support the family, it has not been an easy ride. From an early
age, as Max, she didn’t involve herself in the football or rough and tumble
with Moses and older brother George, eight. The first Christmas list she wrote,
at two, asked for My Little Pony and Barbie. She got Action Man.
she lives fully support the family, it has not been an easy ride. From an early
age, as Max, she didn’t involve herself in the football or rough and tumble
with Moses and older brother George, eight. The first Christmas list she wrote,
at two, asked for My Little Pony and Barbie. She got Action Man.



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