United Kingdom, Feb. 19 -- Chester Bennington's child Draven has come out as transgender and hopes trolls "step on a Lego".

The 22-year-old child of the late Linkin Park frontman - who tragically took his own life aged 41 in 2017 - has been trying to be someone she "wasn't on the inside".

She wrote on Instagram: "For a long time, I tried to be someone, someone I truly wasn't on the inside.

"Ignoring it worked for a while, but continuously coming to the crossroads of being happy or being complacent was one I couldn't keep crossing.

"In August of last year, I decided to take the path of happiness and being true to myself.

"I came out as transgender and started hormone replacement therapy, and it has been the best decision I've ever mad...