"Įvidence also suggests that histories of abuse and trauma are not unique to transgender and non-binary celebrities. And the vast majority of my patients have trauma histories. One therapist told Singal, "I take a full, complete review of systems, and I always take a trauma history. Consider the uproar that greeted journalist Jesse Singal two years ago, following an essay he wrote for the Atlantic called "When Children Say They're Trans." Despite its earnestness and observance of au courant language, the piece nonetheless became a lightning rod-in part because it suggested that environmental factors might be overlooked en route to transition. The suggestion that gender migration might owe anything at all to outside influences is vehemently denied by today's establishment. She Fest is the flagship event that opens San Diego's LGBTQ+ Pride week. General view of San Diego's Pride Flag at She Fest on Jin San Diego, California. Raised motherless, Bloom too divulges having been raped as a child, as well as having engaged in the potentially traumatic transactions known as "sex work." Another trans pioneer cited often is Leyna Bloom-the first transgender model to appear in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit series, and the first transgender actor of color with a leading role in a film screened at the Cannes Film Festival. One might also consider Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness, a child of divorce who reported having been sexually abused as a teenager by an older boy in his family's church. Born male, Smith is also a child of divorce, and further reports experiencing "violent homophobic abuse" throughout childhood and adolescence, as well as "homophobia and bullying in the gay community." Musician Sam Smith is another celebrity newly adopting the "non-binary" label. Page now identifies as both transgender and non-binary, using pronouns "he/him" and "they/them." Page, too, is a child of divorce, and reported having been serially abused and harassed as a minor in Hollywood, including sexually. Lovato has also reported having been raped as a minor, as one of Disney's kiddie stars and again years later, by a drug dealer from whom the singer bought opioids.Įlliott Page-born female, and known before transition as Ellen Page-first identified as a lesbian, and was married to a woman (they have since divorced). What does that mean?" Every celebrity named in it shares two biographical commonalities: absent parents (almost always because of divorce) and a self-reported history of childhood and/or adolescent abuse (in almost all cases, sexual).ĭemi Lovato is a child of divorce. Consider a recent piece in USA Today: "Stars like Demi Lovato, Elliot Page, Sam Smith identify as nonbinary. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, absent and/or divorced parents-these details riddle stories now emerging from beyond the binary. In one interview, Enriquez "disclosed that she is a survivor of physical and sexual abuse." Both parents left the future beauty pageant winner behind in the Philippines with friends as they emigrated elsewhere to find work. But like other recent "firsts," Enriquez's story tacitly excavates a question that some want to leave buried: might there be a relationship between trauma and gender self-reassignment?Īs Enriquez was the first to note, the new Miss Nevada has a troubled past. On June 27, Kataluna Enriquez became the first transgender woman in history to be crowned Miss Nevada USA, thereby qualifying to compete in November's national Miss USA contest.
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