X Factor alumna Trevi Moran comes out as a transgender woman on YouTube
The former X Factor contestant Trevi Moran revealed her new name and came out as a transgender woman on Saturday.
Trevi made her big announcement in a video posted to her YouTube channel, which currently has 1.43 million subscribers.
‘Hi. My name is Trevi Moran. I am a transgender female. It’s a good start. I can’t believe I just said that out loud,’ she began her announcement video.
Living her truth: YouTuber Trevi Moran, 21, came out as a transgender woman in a video posted Saturday
Trevi, 21, previously came out as gay in 2015, though her journey to accepting her gender identity took longer.
In 2017, she shared a video explaining her struggles with identifying as a cisgender male, though she decided at the time that she wasn’t transgender.
‘I hit a rock in my journey in 2017 when I thought I wasn’t transgender because I thought that people were pushing me to be transgender. No, I just had a lot of demons back then,’ she explained in her coming out video.
‘A lot of eating disorder stuff, self-confidence issues. It wasn’t the time for me to come out back then.’
First step: ‘Hi. My name is Trevi Moran. I am a transgender female. It’s a good start. I can’t believe I just said that out loud,’ she began her announcement video
Drama: Moran also included a preview of a docuseries she has been filming to document her transition, along with the tumultuous events in her personal life over the past year, including a stint in rehab and a relapse
Stepping stones: Trevi came out as gay in 2015, and in 2017 she revealed she was struggling with her gender identity, though she concluded at the time that she was still a cisgender man
Moran also included a preview of a new docuseries she has been filming to document her transition, along with the tumultuous events in her personal life over the past year, including a stint in rehab and a relapse.
‘I am two months in on hormones. My brain is just everywhere,’ she said toward the end of her new video.
‘I am so hormonal, I mean my a** is getting fat as f***. And I’m growing breasts, and it hurts. I’m going through a lot right now, all because I just want to be me.’
Trevi ended her video with words of encouragement for her fans.
‘If you’re ever lost, just don’t go out, go in. Go in and find yourself because going out and distracting yourself defeats the purpose.’
Changes: ‘I am two months in on hormones. My brain is just everywhere,’ she said. ‘I am so hormonal, I mean my a** is getting fat as f***. And I’m growing breasts, and it hurts. I’m going through a lot right now, all because I just want to be me’
Testing the water: Though Trevi had been using male pronouns in recent months, she’d almost exclusively started presenting as female in her Instagram posts and wearing feminine clothing, including bikinis
Though Trevi had been using male pronouns in recent months, she’d almost exclusively started presenting as female in her Instagram posts and wearing feminine clothing, including bikinis.
She first received public attention with a 2012 performance of LMFAO’s Sexy And I Know It on The X Factor at age 13.
The humorous clips success allowed her to join a collaborative YouTube channel, before going off on her own and releasing her own music.
Big break: She came to public attention with a humor X Factor performance of LMFAO’s Sexy And I Know It in 2012, when she was 13; pictured with Simon Cowell