A 22-year-old transgender woman has recorded her male-to-female transition on Instagram in a bid to help others.
From an early age, Taylor suffered from gender dysphoria, and this eventually led her to the realization that she is a transgender woman.
She has been having hormone replacement therapy for over a year and has been sharing the result of the treatment on her Instagram, with incredibly inspiring results.
Related - This nine-year-old boy born in the wrong body also transitioned into a girl:Discussing her transition in an interview cited by Bored Panda, Taylor said: "I guess I just feel like a real person now. Like, everything was gray before. I was alive, but I wasn't living, if that makes sense. I was acting like a real person and doing things that real people did but everything felt pretend.
"Even just after starting hormones, the difference was astounding. I only had estrogen in my body for a couple of days and everything had noticeably changed."
"As my body started changing, I'd wake up every day excited to notice something new. My muscles I hated so much (I lifted weights a lot in my denial phase) were suddenly shrinking, my boobs were growing, my skin was softer and more sensitive to the touch. I'd bump my chest against the door frame 'cause I wasn't used to having anything there to bump. A few months later, the same thing started happening with my hips."
"I started seeing a real person in the mirror. Like the mask, I'd worn my whole life was slowly fading away and each day my reflection made more and more sense."
"I started experiencing emotions like I always wished I could. I experienced emotions I didn't even know existed. I would cry at a cute meme on Instagram or a touching story from another trans girl and it felt like pure ecstasy. When I felt angry or sad, I didn't have to bottle things up and let them out in bursts of anger. I could cry and feel and experience the sadness and feel it slowly melt away from me."
"So I guess in summary, I feel 'real' now. I feel happy and right and content and grateful that I'm finally able to live as a real person."
If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in Taylor's story, help can be found through the Stonewall charity here.
