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Every year, his parents make him a unique birthday breakfast. But that's not the only thing that makes this teen special.

Milo is fifteen.

Every year, his parents make him a special birthday breakfast and take a photo.

This is Milo at two and three:

 

And Milo at nine and ten:

 

And Milo today:

These adorable photos follow Milo’s journey to adulthood. But they also follow his transition from living in the body of a little girl to the body that better accords with who he is on the inside – a teenage boy.

Milo has been using his journey to inspire and support other trans* teens through his blog.

Underneath the birthday pictures he wrote.

“Some little girls aren’t little girls it just takes us a while to realise it. I came out to my family last year as transgender, and in doing so saved my life, if you can’t tell from the picture, 14 was a bad year for me.

For every kid feeling like I was, please just wait, just wait cause one day you’ll realize just how worth it the wait was. I know everyone says it, but it’s true, it will get better, just please stick around so you can see it come true.”

This is Milo’s truth. And it is beautiful.

Here are the rest of Milo’s special birthday photos:

This post has been republished from Milo‘s blog with full permission.

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