Viewers had nothing but praise for transgender teen, David Beattie as he shared the story of his transition on Friday night’s Late Late Show.
The 19-year-old is a leading voice in the transgender community in Ireland and he can lay claim to being a journalist, model, blogger and author.
He also recently recently spoke about his transition to Vogue Williams for her documentary series.
David still identifies as male, but he is starting his journey to become female and hopes that after his 21st birthday he will be known as Laylah. However, he admits, some people along the way have wanted him to hide his feminine side.
“There were a lot of people who wanted me to hide my feminine aspect and suppress myself,” he said.
David’s book, Who Cares, tells of his experience transitioning and he says that if he could help just one person going through the same thing he did, it would be a huge achievement.
“If I was able to help one person, I would be happy.” he said.
Viewers took to Twitter to commend the brave young teen on speaking out about such an important issue.
