And one individual who has proven herself as a trans trailblazer for the TikTok generation is Dylan Mulvaney.
Throughout the years, Mulvaney has struggled with family woes, career disappointments, and transphobic bigotry.
But she’s fighting back against this toxicity with a beaming smile on her face.
“And we need to be equally loud and proud and accepting, especially our allies out there.”
She’s living her best life and we’re living for the complete evolution of Dylan Mulvaney.
At the age of 4, she came out as transgender to her mom.
Unfortunately, being extremely religious, the topic was outside her realm of experience.
“She was like, ‘God doesn’t make mistakes,'” Mulvaney toldVariety.
“But I didn’t know that I could transition.
I didn’t know that there were options or resources.”
Subsequently, she struggled as a child due to a lack of transgender visibility in the media.
Fightmaster at an improv comedy show many years later.
“Four-year-old, eight-year-old, 15-year-old Dylan, they didn’t have a ‘me’ to go on TikTok …
But I want to be that for my younger self,” she explained.
She and her mom have reconciled and are now BFFs, while her dad attends her live shows.
“I’ve seen my entire family grow and completely evolve in their views,” she added.
“I know those things are possible.”
At only six years old, she appeared in a minor role on “7th Heaven.”
At age 11, she began working in a pet store.
“I would get paid in pets,” she toldAllure.
“Theater got me through,” she toldThem.
That year, she also featured in the comedy “The Honest Show.”
Though she has since enjoyed a Hollywood ending, things hardly started out as she planned.
As with so many aspiring actors, she found herself working menial jobs to make ends meet.
She starred in the Book of Mormon
Soon enough, Dylan Mulvaney’s Broadway aspirations materialized.
She was set to tour the US, Canada, and Mexico.
But the show was sadly cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unable to pursue what she loved the most, Mulvaney felt directionless.
It was during this hiatus from performing that Mulvaney began questioning her role both on stage and within society.
she told Los Angeles Magazine.
“I downloaded TikTok, assuming it was a kids' app.”
The path to influencer status was unexpected for Mulvaney.
But what happened next would prove unprecedented for the musical theater-loving girl from San Diego.
“Women can have facial hair.
And women can have body hair,” she clarified.
After posting her 23rd video, she hit one million followers and had become a household name.
In a video forNow This News, the pair discussed the state of trans rights in America.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for many trans people in the country.
“I genuinely mean it.
Despite her history-making achievement, Mulvaney was targeted by the right following the interview.
Though she herself is a trans woman, Caitlyn Jenner reiterated disparaging remarks made by Senator Marsha Blackburn.
“Actually, one of my dreams in life …
I want to do trans showers for new trans people when they come out.
She received a rhinoplasty, a procedure to alter her hairline, and surgery on her Adam’s apple.
“You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t,” she told Allure.
“People say, ‘Well, we’ll take you seriously when you get bottom surgery.
When are you getting your boobs?
When are you changing your name?'”
In July 2023, she celebrated 500 days of girlhood onInstagram.
“That’s definitely changed,” she said.
“On day 398, I learned that misery loves company.
I think a lot of people have difficulty seeing others happy and successful.”
Mulvaney also discussed the changes she’s recently undergone, namely receiving hormone injections.
“I want to see a trans girl in a rom-com,” she enthused.
So that’s my goal right now, going forward this next year.”
