The term was “something doctors and psychologists often told me when I went to see them at 8, 10, 12 and 16,” the singer wrote.
Kim Petras shares some words of encouragement for her fellow trans fans and opens up about her teenage gender journey. On Monday, the star posted a “little bit of pride [month] message' about self-acceptance.
“'Accept yourself' was something doctors and psychologists often told me when I went to see them at 8, 10, 12 and 16… As in, 'you can still wear makeup and present yourself as always, but why do you have to go so far,” she wrote in an Instagram Story. “Why can't you accept yourself?”
“They couldn't understand that I had accepted myself for as long as I could remember and accepted everything I knew I had to do to be myself,” she added.
Petras went on to say that being told to “accept yourself” can be a really bad thing to say to someone, writing, “Some nerd on the internet has been telling me that every day of my life for as long as I can remember, and dads they're rather obsessed with me.” She ended her note by stating, “That being said, accept yourself and happy pride.”
During one cover story with Out Magazine Last year, Petras shared that she was “very suicidal as a child” before being supported by her parents in her gender journey. By 13, the singer was publicly discussing her transition to television. “My mother believed in me when I was a girl and I wouldn't be here without her and her support and everyone who believed in me until now,” the singer said on stage as she accepted her Grammy for “Unholy” last year.
The new Pride statement from Petras comes after she canceled her festival appearances this summer to focus on “some health issues”.
“I love you so much and I will make it up and be back very soon better than ever,” she said in late April. Last week, Petras became the face of MAC Cosmetics.
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