Just like what happened to me, there are many boys and girls who want to start their transition, who are clear about who they are and their gender identity, but don’t know how to begin the process or even how to share it with their family. It’s a difficult path, and sometimes many obstacles get in the way, but it’s always worth it. I can attest to that. To start, I suggest you engrave in your memory that we didn’t come into this world to suffer, that you have the right to live your identity freely and express yourself however you want.
In this book, I’m going to talk to you about my transition, my childhood, the support from my family, the bureaucratic and medical hurdles I had to face, the prejudices and mockery from people, transphobia, my own fears… I will try to share my experience as best as I can in case it can be helpful to you or the people around you. To normalize something we are still fighting for today and to achieve a better future.
About the author:
Selena Milán (Gran Canaria, 2000) is a YouTuber, influencer, and writer, recognized as one of the first women to raise awareness of transsexuality through social media in Spain. In 2021, she published her book Transparencia. Soy Selena Milán y soy una chica trans, where she recounts her own experience and the empowerment journey she has traveled from childhood to today. Through her work and online activism, she has highlighted the inequalities, rights violations, discrimination, and stigmatization that the trans community faces daily, while becoming a role model of resilience, courage, freedom, and struggle for many people.
