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Because he did not feel accepted by the queer community after he came to high school as a gay man: “(gay men were) ruthless and mean. I didn’t even fit in that beauty standard that is thin, white, muscular or just super fit, male, masculine,” said Airyn.

“I was always told that I was too much of something or not enough of something that grew up: too big, not skinny enough. Not black enough, not white enough. Too feminine, not male enough. It was never used to it:” You are exactly, exactly as you are. “

Hormone therapy in November 2024 helped.

“I think a large part of (my transition) is also the influence that black women have had on me,” she said.

“I think I get into this new identity, while I am also more proud of my blackness, somehow feel closer to them.”