If you were alive and with internet access in 2010, then you probably remember the ‘Gingers do have souls!’ video by a Youtube user called ‘Coppercab‘.
Not ringing a bell? We’re talking about this kid:
‘CopperCab‘, at the time known as Mitchell Kittrell, was responding to ‘South Park‘s portrayal of redheads, and said that “all South Park does is insult people” and they’d “had enough”.
The viral superstar has now announced to fans that she is transgender, and goes by the name of Claire Kittrell.
Claire released a coming out video on Youtube titled ‘I’m done pretending #TransPride‘, where she states that she “wants to be happy”, and doesn’t “want to feel trapped anymore”:
“I’m not going to live another year of my life pretending to be someone else. I’m just not going to do it.
I don’t care if you call me ugly, if you call me a ‘tranny’, if you call me names, if you want to pick on me then that’s fine – but I’m going to be myself, whether you can accept that or not.“
Claire says that she hasn’t released a video for so long because she’d been taking HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy), and that she’s been saving for a year for SRS (Sex Reassignment Surgery).
She goes on to say that Caitlyn Jenner helped her make the decision to come out, saying,
“I can’t put on a mask anymore. I’m done. I feel more naked wearing make-up than I did ever being actually naked.”
Watch Claire’s emotional coming out video below:
While coming out as transgender is a big and often scary thing to have to do, it’s even bigger when it’s in the public eye. But Claire’s dialogue is as emotional and beautiful as it is innocent.
“I feel like myself. I feel normal. I feel comfortable – more comfortable than I ever have been – even if my make-up’s not that good or it’s runny.I just feel more comfortable in my own skin, accepting the fact that who I am on the inside isn’t going to change when I dress a certain way.I’m always going to feel like a woman. I am a woman – in every sense of the word. I just don’t have the outer appearance and I’m going to continue to work on that for the next year or so.I feel a lot better just making this video, even though I’m having a slight panic attack.This is me.. My name is Claire and this is the beginning of my life. Wish me luck.”
Source: Youtube.
Photo: Youtube.
