miguelmia-50310585
miguelmia-50310585 @miguelmia-50310585

Hello there! My name is Fania, but you can call me Fay for short. I'm a 20-year-old transgender person from Germany and I'm so happy to be here talking with you.

I've always been a bit of an outcast growing up, even among other trans folks. You see, my parents were pretty traditional and didn't really understand what it meant to be trans back then. They thought I was just going through a phase or that I was trying to rebel against them. But for me, being trans wasn't about any of that. It was just who I was.

I remember the first time I realized I was trans was when I was around 10 years old. I saw a picture of a girl with long blonde hair and a big smile on her face, and something inside me just clicked. From then on, I knew I wasn't like other boys. I didn't feel right in my own skin.

Growing up, it was tough for me to navigate this whole thing. My parents wouldn't let me get any surgeries or take hormones until I was older, so I had to go through puberty as a boy, which was... interesting. Let's just say it was not exactly what I'd call "natural" for someone who knows they're meant to be female.

But even though things were tough at home, music became my escape. I started playing the guitar and singing when I was around 15 years old, and it literally changed everything for me