Transgender teens share their gender transition journey on social media
Transgender people are increasingly using the power of social media in order to gain acceptance in society. After ‘coming out’ videos, here’s another pro-LGBT rights trend that has won the Internet. Transgender teens are using the hashtag #MomentsInTransition in order to visually document their journey towards getting their desired gender.
Transgender teens are posting photos of themselves – before and after their gender transition – on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram in an attempt to build their self-confidence and encourage other transgender people to share their own experiences online as well. Teenagers are sharing pictures of themselves before and after making important changes about their appearances like haircuts to even hormone therapy and surgery.
The movement has not only become popular in the online transgender community but is also garnering support from non-trans social media users as well.
Here are a few of the posts shared by transgender teens:
Trans teens shared their most inspiring #momentsintransition on #TDOV: https://t.co/Zgxoyjgl8v pic.twitter.com/wj15M0o09o
— i-D (@i_D) April 1, 2016
On the left: March 31, 2015.
— Effy Elden (@ineffyble) March 31, 2016
On the right: today, exactly one year later.#momentsintransition #TDOV pic.twitter.com/UncH3lz8xW
When you got to wear that suit to school with no makeup and asked your friends to use he/him! #MomentsInTransition pic.twitter.com/SzUwhEhLea
— alexander (@joshdunsays) March 31, 2016
#momentsintransition when you can finally "breathe" for the first time. pic.twitter.com/kjBUE82eML
— KitaNicole (@iFamoso) March 31, 2016
#momentsintransition when you first cut your hair ðŸ'šðŸ'š pic.twitter.com/iTt4W8gdZa
— alex jacob (@crucifalex) March 29, 2016