Dylan Mulvaney surveyed lessons learned over 500 days of “being a girl” in a new social media video Wednesday evening.
Mulvaney, a biological man who identifies as a woman, shared how backlash concerning daily posts about “trans joy” caused “trauma,” resulting in a choice to scale back on social media posts.
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“If I make the content that I want to make and freely share my trans joy, I subject myself to a lot more trauma. So, lately, I’ve chosen to scale back in order to protect my overall well-being, and it works,” Mulvaney said in a video posted to TikTok and Instagram. “I am quite happy, but I’m not doing what I love so it’s kind of a bittersweet thing.”
The activist and influencer celebrated “day 500 of publicly coming out as a woman,” noting that the lessons learned since day 365 have been greater. Mulvaney shared how “trust should be earned and not instantly awarded,” along with the notion “that a lot of people have difficulty seeing others happy and successful, especially when they don’t fit the standard of the patriarchy.”
Mulvaney said the recent backlash from conservatives in the media, most notably concerning a partnership with Bud Light, has felt like “high school,” resulting in the realization that any personal experience can’t take away “other women’s pain,” but that love can make up for differences.
“Something really ugly happened during these last few months, where I started to believe that if I just got really pretty and if I stayed quiet, I could still find success,” Mulvaney said, noting that it was heartbreaking.
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“On day 488, I learned through an online poll that 50% of Americans like me,” Mulvaney continued. “When do non-politicians get polled like that? And I do wish it was 51%, but I also would like to know what exactly are we voting on, … but here’s what I learned from that, that the people who took that poll are judging me based on pictures and videos and articles, and those things make up such a small amount of who I actually am.”
Last week, Mulvaney shared in an Instagram post that the activist and influencer is "booking speaking opportunities for the upcoming 23/24 school year."