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YouTube Star Emma Ellingsen Comes Out As Transgender

“I found out that I was transgender when I was eight or nine."

With LGBT Pride Month coming to a close, the spirit of the season encouraged YouTube star Emma Ellingsen to announce that she is transgender.

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The 15-year-old Norwegian vlogger shared the news with her subscribers via her YouTube channel.

“I found out that I was transgender when I was eight or nine,” she revealed.

“That was when I first knew it was possible to be transgender. I saw this documentary about these people being transgender and I was like, ‘Huh?!’ That was how it all started and how my process started.”

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After watching the documentary, Emma came out to her mother in a message.

I’ve been very lucky because I’ve always had very great friends and very supportive family and people around me,” she added.

She also revealed that she will start taking hormones in a couple of months and until then she will be taking medicine to stop male puberty from happening.

Check out Emma’s heartwarming coming out vid below:

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For more information about being transgender, head to the Gender Centre.

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