Boy, 10, hangs himself after telling his mother: 'I want to be a girl'

A boy of ten hanged himself after telling his mother that he wanted to become a girl, an inquest was told yesterday.
Cameron McWilliams, who liked to wear girls' underwear, asked if he could start using make-up just days before committing suicide, the hearing heard.
His mother, who described him as a lonely young boy, told the coroner: "It was apparent he was unhappy and said he wanted to be a girl. He did like girls' things."
She said he had been teased after being found in his half-sister's underwear, but had been forbidden from wearing make-up until he was much older.
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