Brendan Jordan, who shot to fame by standing in the background of a news report about a mall opening and pivoted that moment into a massive social media following (553K Instagram, 66K Twitter, 243K YouTube) has come out as transgender.
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Jordan made the announcement at HRC's Time to Thrive conference while he was introducing trans fashion model Andreja Pejić.
Said Jordan:
“Like most teenagers, I'm still figuring it out. I'm starting to identify as one, or as part, of the trans community. I can't really label it, because, you know, some days, my more feminine side comes out — the ‘she.' Some other days I don't feel like putting on my fabulous mask, and the ‘he' comes out, and I'm totally OK with that. And I don't know who I am, or where I will be going in the future, who I will be 10 years from now but I'm still a teenager. I just like the limitless feeling of it, and I'm perfectly fine with who I am now. I just identify with both genders, so I go by the pronouns he or she and it's just what I'm happy with.”
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