Desperate cross-dressing dad nearly dies trying to chop off his own penis with a Stanley knife

Doctors managed to save his life by reattaching his penis and now he is living as a woman and preparing for gender reassignment surgery.

Council worker Kirsty, who used to be called Andy, said: "I realise now how dangerous it was to try to give myself a DIY sex change - I could have easily bled to death - but it seemed like the obvious solution at the time.

"I had a few beers, looked down and thought 'that shouldn't be there' so I got a Stanley knife out of my toolbox and just started hacking away.

"The pain was unbelievable. It took a couple of minutes of cutting before I realised the danger then I grabbed a hankie to stem the bleeding and dialled 999."

Kirsty woke up in hospital where doctors explained they had to reattach the penis for future gender reassignment surgery and, after recovering, she was referred to a psychiatrist who diagnosed gender dysphoria.