![]() Today with 500 million users, TikTok video content is most consumed by teens and young adults in India. I think just living your life authentically is a form of activism.After being founded in 2014 by Alez Zhu and Louis Yang, Tik-Tok became a raging performance video-sharing app to dominate the social media space in Asia. “And then especially when you grow a platform, it’s sort of necessary just because there are so few trans voices that are so mainstream that you have to deliver. “When you come out as trans, there’s this expectation that you are an activist,” she says. And that’s on them.”Īnd while Mulvaney says the word “activism” terrifies her, she tells Rolling Stone that in her growth as a woman, she’s learning that a powerful form of resistance can just be living her life in spite of others. So I’ve now made a little bit of peace with the fact that people have a problem with my transness or with my joy. ![]() “And I’ve now realized that those things are not constructive. Let me see if we can find some common ground.’” Mulvaney says. “At first I really took it as, ‘these people are giving me constructive criticism. Pointing back to her people-pleasing nature, Mulvaney tells Rolling Stone that her initial instinct was to try to win everyone over. She was also criticized by members of the trans community for seeking the validation of cisgender women. Early on in her transition, Mulvaney was misgendered and attacked by pundits with platforms both big and small. Because while Mulvaney’s spotlight came quickly, it wasn’t easy. Many of the stars featured in the show, she tells Rolling Stone, reached out to offer their love and help. The support of Mulvaney’s friends is a common theme, not just for Monday’s show, but throughout her very public transition. And grateful that the world is like seeing her for who she is.” It’s just all very full circle and I’m just endlessly proud of her. and saying, like, ‘What if someday we could do this for real?’ And three years later, we’re producing her show. “We lost our jobs together during the pandemic. “It feels like such a gift to be able to do this for my friend,” says Scott, who is a producer on the show. She’s joined during this rehearsal by Sex Lives of College Girls actress Alyah Chanelle Scott, who became good friends with Mulvaney while touring with the Book of Mormon, and even closer when they both lost their jobs. She’s been on talk shows, red carpets, had facial feminization surgery, and even walked in a runway show during New York Fashion Week, all in her first public year of transition. In October, she was invited to the White House for a Presidential Forum with Joe Biden, with whom she discussed recent attacks on transgender rights - even as her popularity made her a target for anti-trans rhetoric from right-wing pundits. Her wit and humor - along with the inside look she gave followers - quickly earned her a cult following (she now has 10.8 million followers on TikTok) and turned her into “one of the most recognizable trans women of all time,” as she says. That video was the first in a series that Mulvaney eventually titled “Days of Girlhood,” where she shared daily updates on her transition. ![]() “I ordered dresses that I couldn’t afford and then when someone asked me how I was, I said ‘I’m fine!’ when I wasn’t fine. “I’ve already cried three times, I wrote a scathing email that I did not send,” Mulvaney says into the camera. On March 3, 2022, Mulvaney, who was already an influencer on TikTok, posted a video on TikTok captioned Day 1 of Being a Girl. The girl is trans-TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney - and it’s her 365th day of being a girl. For the next hour and change, she will sing, dance, cry, have multiple costume changes, and be held by a family that has chosen her again and again. Her friends fill in dozens of rows, her father is front and center. “Hi everyone!” she calls as the audience below her erupts into ecstatic applause. On a stormy Monday night in New York City, a girl in a massive pink ballgown appears at the top of a spiral staircase.
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