A 16-year-old Spanish boy has become one of the world's youngest transsexuals after having a sex change operation to become a girl.
The teenager underwent surgery at a hospital in Barcelona after convincing family, doctors and a judge he was a girl trapped inside a boy's body.
The youngster is recovering after the operation, paid for by the family, in the city's Hospital Clinico last week.
The unnamed 16-year-old was treated at this hospital in Barcelona
Dr Ivan Manero, who has been treating the teenager with hormone therapy for two years, said shortly before the surgery: 'When the family contacted me he was 14 years old.
'During the last two years he has received treatment and he is totally prepared for the surgery.
'It is preferable to operate before the patient is 18, because at that age it is more minor operation because the patient is not so well developed.'
Dr Manero, head of the hospital's Gender Disorder Unit, added: 'He is not the first person under 18 to have come for sex change advice, but he is the first one whose parents where prepared to confront the Justice system so their child could be happy.'
Under Spanish law under 18s cannot have a sex change without the permission of a judge, which has never previously been granted.
German Kim Petras, formerly Tim, became the youngest transexual in 2008
A judge gave the consent last November after reading extensive medical and psychiatric reports in favour of the surgery.
The teenager had told doctors: 'I have always felt like a girl trapped inside a boy's body.'
A group of specialist doctors and psychiatrists will monitor and assist the youngster over the coming months.
Last year 25 sex change operations were carried out in Barcelona, but all were over the age of 18.
Fifteen of those were men who changed their sex to become women.
In February 2009 German teenager Tim Petras became the world's youngest transsexual when she had a sex change aged 16 and changed her name to Kim.
Kim, who was born a boy but began calling herself a girl when she was two, has since launched a modelling career, landing a job as a model for a nationwide German hair salon chain.
Her surgery was paid for by the German health service.
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