A young woman who was bullied for ‘sounding like a man’ has found peace - after being compared to her idol CHER.

Charlotte MacGregor, 22, was badly bullied at school because of her low voice.

She was constantly asked if she was a boy or transgender – and even had an entire bottle of water poured over her head as she sat in class.

The negative attention badly affected her confidence until she began to be compared to her favourite singer and movie star Cher - who also has a deep voice.

It helped her to accept differences and now shares her story on TikTok about being “different” as a way of learning to love her individuality.

She regularly receives thousands of supportive comments.

Charlotte, a retail worker from Melbourne, Australia, said: “Growing up was really hard – to think people bullied me because my voice sounded different still amazes me.

“I wanted to change it so badly to sound more ‘girly’ - but I’ve finally accepted who I am and love what makes me individual.

“The world would be very boring if we all sounded and looked the same.
Being compared to Cher is incredible too - she's such an icon!"

Charlotte first noticed a change in the pitch of her voice when she was 12, as it dropped from being high-pitched, to being much deeper than her peers.

The change was also noticed by her supportive family- but others around her were far from accepting.

"My friends told me they could no longer hang around with me and teachers simply watched as my life was torn apart by cruel taunts – until it became so bad I dropped out of school," Charlotte said.

"Although I still receive some negativity about my voice, I've learnt to ignore the hate and focus on the positive instead – like the people who compare my tone of voice to Cher!"

Charlotte, who had a very high-pitched voice as a young child, didn’t have any medical concerns about her low voice as it was put down to hormonal changes she went through puberty.

Throughout her childhood she looked up videos on how to change her voice and even visited a speech therapist who taught her a more ‘feminine tone’ - which she was able to use for short periods of time but that didn’t come naturally and ended up hurting her throat.

“I thought if I sounded more “girly” people wouldn’t give me as much hate,” Charlotte said.

“But I’ve now come to the conclusion that this is my voice and I don’t need or want to change that.”