I'm Not A Big Fan

All Women Have A Complicated Relationship To Beauty, But As A Transgender Woman It's A Bit More Complicated. There's A Lot Of Pressure To Appear Feminine. When I Was Younger, I Was Most Insecure About My Size, My Angular Features, My Feet, My Hands . At The End Of The Day, It's About Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin, And Being Able To Walk Down The Street And Not Have People Question Your Gender - And, For Me, Being Perceived As A Woman.

I Like To Dress Up But I'm Not So Concerned With Looking Very Sexy, It's Really More The Art Of Dressing.

To All Trans Youth Out There, I Would Like To Say Respect Yourself And Be Proud Of Who You Are. All Human Beings Deserve Equal Treatment No Matter Their Gender Identity Or Sexuality. To Be Perceived As What You Say You Are Is A Basic Human Right.

As A Kid, You Get To The Stage Where You Realise The Gender Barriers That Exist In Society And What You're Supposed To Do And Not Supposed To Do.

I Know People Want Me To Sort Of Defend Myself, To Sit Here And Be Like, 'i'm A Boy, But I Wear Makeup Sometimes.' But, You Know, To Me, It Doesn't Really Matter. I Don't Really Have That Sort Of Strong Gender Identity-i Identify As What I Am. The Fact That People Are Using It For Creative Or Marketing Purposes, It's Just Kind Of Like Having A Skill And Using It To Earn Money.