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Hello my name is Krystopher ive pretty much have kmown who I am since about the age of 7. I never played with girl toys I never wore dresses it was just never really my style. I loved to throw rocks and go fishing and climb trees. Not that these things defines what gender is but at the time my family would always try and push me to what society labeled as girly stuff. I was always told I was going through a phase that me liking girls and being a girl was wrong and I'd soon come out of whatever I was going through. But it was deeper then that. I hated who I seen in the  mirror I pretended to be Krys the boy any chance I got whether it be meeting girls for the first time at the skating rink to asking my teachers to please not call me Krystal. I had a hard time socially making friends not only because I was "different" but also because I wasn't wealthy in fact I was far from it. I had the essentials a roof over my head even though it was in a single wide pink trailer where the floor barley held. I also had hand me downs from my old cousins so nothing ever really fit. I was tormented picked on I had to fight to be who I was. It got to the point where it didn't matter if I was alive and on more then one occasion I tried to take my life. I waited to long to be happy I waited to long to see all the things and experience things I never imagined I would. But I did at the age of 27 I decided after jail after suicide attempts after hiding that I needed to speak up. I met someone who gave me that extra pep in my step to love who I was and to stop worrying about making everyone else happy and to make myself happy. So I picked up my cell and called my dad mind you I was almost at the two sheet to the wind but I did I called the one person in my life that opinion matter most my homophobic father and for some reason I was more scared then I've ever been in my life. I told him I wasn't in my real body that somehow something along the way messed up. And to my surprise he said I know and I'm sorry for all I've ever done to make you feel less of a person and my life completely changed in that moment. Not that I needed any validation but my world changed. I made moves to become who I have always been. I started hrt then had srs and now I'm 100% a better person a man a husband a brother a son an uncle. I began meeting other transgender men and sharing stories I've helped young transgendermen find the help they need I've had opportunity come that i never in my wildest dream thought I'd be successful I'd travel the world and see the thing I've seen in the past 4 years it's absolutely amazing to feel free to love to see kindness to feel period. I need for those who  feel like there is no hope to hold strong an remember this to shall pass. Thank you for showing there is hope thank you for helping other speak up we need to be the change we want to see we need to fight we need to live one another. Team happy hippie all the way. 

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No importa lo que los demás piensen de ti porque es la mejor manera de vivir la vida y ser libre. Pero hay una diferencia entre no importarte lo que otros piensen de ti y los que no tienen la comprensión o la tolerancia y eso es lo que me dio el impulso para hacer esto. Creo que es la descripción mas importante para mi hasta ahora e incluso la foto mas importante y quiero que si ya entraron a leer esto se queden hasta el final. Todo esto lo hago por la ignorancia y la intolerancia de la sociedad hacia las personas homosexuales pero no podría hablar de este tema con la apariencia o a la defensa sobre la comunidad LGTB como si fuera heterosexual, por eso abiertamente al día de hoy puedo decir que soy Gay y esto no lo hago para llamar la atención, de echo todo esto lo hago para cambiar la manera en que la sociedad ve a los homosexuales, para aquellos que aun tienen los ojos cerrados o se los quieren cerrar. Debés entender que "naces Gay, no te haces Gay" a temprana edad (6, 7 años) te darás cuenta o llegarás a la adolescencia y más consciente te das cuenta cuál es tu manera de amar y me refiero a amar porque realmente odio las etiquetas, el mundo debería de dejar de etiquetarte por Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbiana, Transexual, etc; Yo solo soy Noé una persona que ama a su manera y tú eres otra persona que ama a su manera. Es increíble como desde pequeños nos están programando para ver la homosexualidad como algo malo y no debe de ser así, llega un momento donde dices «es mi vida, no tengo que actuar como ellos quieren para hacerlos felices» la sociedad aún no entiende el daño que provocan a los homosexuales cuando los rechazan por lo que son, tú persona heterosexual ¿Como te sentirás en los zapatos de un homosexual? ¿Como te sentirás en los zapatos de una persona que nunca ha vivido su vida como quiere? Y para ti que amas a tu manera y no lo dices por el que dirán recuerda que tú mamá ya vivio su vida, tú papa ya vivió su vida y al final tú debes de vivir la tuya es justo. Nosotros nos enamoramos de una persona que amamos y no importa con quien o con quien nos acostemos, nuestra preferencia sexual no determina quienes somos e incluso hay personas que tienen a sus familias y nunca dijeron que eran homosexuales por miedo. Es que no somos diferentes, no eres diferente ¡ Sigues siendo una persona que siente, ama y quiere ser amado ! Díos nos ama a todos por igual, yo creó en Díos, yo amo a Díos y el no te rechaza, Díos no seria tan injusto de traer Gays al mundo para luego discriminarlos, piensa bien antes de discriminar a alguien porqué tus hijos pueden ser homosexuales y si quizá no rompamos esa ideología homofóbica en esta generación pues en las que vienen si y así tus hijos y nietos estarán en un lugar mas seguro y tolerante. Realmente esto es un gran paso y es algo normal que tú como yo lo hará en su momento y encontrará el apoyo en alguien, como yo lo encontré en un ídolo (Miley) y en mi família y pasando el tiempo me acerqué a una gran fundacion: https://www.happyhippies.org y poco a poco vas haciéndote y haciendo tu camino mas fuerte.

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Hello, my name is Gary & it's been a tough journey for me to say the least. I'm 20 years old and from Long Beach, CA. My older brother, Kadeem & I were foster kids for as long as I could remember. We've moved from "home" to "home" to "home" for as long as I can remember. I thank God for blessing me with an older brother to be there with me through such challenging & chaotic circumstances. I feel like he's my guardian angel at times, and I am his. (Who says those type of people/spirits have to be dead?) We would eventually find what we thought we would call home in one foster parent whose name was 🌳Monica Daley, but that didn't last to long. I want to take a little more time with this woman because her home is the first time I felt I could be free. Free to live the life I wanted to live, and dress in what ever ensemble I though was appropriate for the day, and walk (OR STRUT) in whatever I wanted to, and be the way I wanted to be. Then again, I was only age 7, so I really didn't know who I wanted to be. But, she allowed me the freedom to at least decide. She's another one of my guardian angels.🌳A year into living with her, we had to leave to go be with "family". Our "real" family, you know like blood. They all lived in Beaumont, Texas not to far from Houston. It saddened me to leave such a loving and warm place after what seemed like years of searching for it, but it had to be done. The fucking law.🙄From the first moment of stepping into my granny's house and tearing always at my box to play with my Bratz, and they looked in disgust and threw ALL. OF. THEM. AWAY. It's a visual that will stick with me forever. They brought new doubts & insecurities to me. Some that I thought necessary to deal with, others not so much. They didn't accept me being gay or the possibility of it. (STILL DON'T) I feel as if they don't truly believe in my dreams or my goals or my hopes. They led me into various spells of depression and anxiety. I felt that they didn't love me. And, this is my "real" family, you know blood. That's tough and it took a toll on me. It was so bad, that I once contemplated suicide. I was at a bonfire with friends, I drank a little too much & I black out. Next think I know, I'm hysterically crying (SNOT EVERYWHERE), arguing with one of my then good friends over a fire, asking every who's holding me to down (a good 6 or 7 people) to just let me go and "see" the water. It was pretty bad to say the least. That was one when another angel, Charlyn Saffore descended upon me. I needed help, but didn't want to receive it. That had to be the final straw, and it was. Until, it wasn't. I kept partying, kept drinking, and started smoking. (Still do) It's just all about balance and finding what, who, where, and how things make you happy. And, not even then. Most of the time there's no explanation. You just have to decide to be happy. I know. Easier said than done. But, the minute you start to live your truth(s) and really start start to believe in yourself & love yourself & remind yourself of why you're here, anything's possible. And, it takes a while. I didn't truly come to terms with who I was & accept who I was until the beginning of my sophomore year. Even then, I still battled with myself. Toward the end of summer 2016 (I'm a year out of high school) is when I really started to love myself. That's when I really started knit picking and finding those things that I thought were so damn beautiful about me. The thoughts turned into feelings, the feelings manifested into beliefs, and those beliefs started transforming into actions. And, now I'm here. Living out of my car, working for a mouse, and just loving and living my truth(s). That's another beautiful thing about life. You never know where you may end up. You just have to have the hope, tenacity, will & courage to not stay there.❤️️

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Hey! My name is Alice! With people from my school, we started a project and every year we do a week full of activities against homophobia until the international day against homophobia. We are from a school where being homosexual isn't seen as a good thing. Some people see it as an issue. That's why we stand up every year. To put some sens in their mind and educate them to show that homosexual, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are people! We continue to fight for LGBT rights and won't stop until they understand that everyone have the rights to love who they want no matter the gender❤️💙💛💚💜

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Journey To The Self Made Man

My name is Ray Aparicio, I am a 22 year old transgender male, living in Whittier California. 

Ever since I was a kid, I always felt out of place with the girls. I always hung out with the guys and played competitively with them. Played in the same sports as the boys. I always played the guy roles in sleep overs. As I started getting older I was still tom boy in middle school then i met a group of girls who wanted to change me so I went along with it. It wasn't me but I did it regardless. During that time, Myspace had just came out and I made a fake profile of a guy and started talking to random girls and even girls I personally knew in school as a male. I felt comfortable even though it was wrong to trick people. But in my mind I wanted what guys had the way that girls are with them. I lost friendships, and trust. I was confused in the way , I was feeling so I just kept going with for years. I finally then came out at 16 that I liked girls, within that year I met my first transgender male friend. I never knew of that term before and it just stuck. It really hit the spot for me, cause that's exactly the way I felt, my whole life. I've always been a guy stuck inside a girl's body. I came out at 17 cut my hair off just changed everything, my friends were supportive, and at the time I had a supportive girlfriend. My mom wasn't very accepting and still till this day she struggles with me being transgender. At first it crushed me but as time went on I've realized that no one can judge me even if it is family. I have came to love myself and continue to learn myself and that is one the greatest accomplishments as a human spiritual being can do on this world. To embrace yourself for who you are spiritually, physically and emotionally.I went to therapy and had an amazing therapist named Dr.Patricia Pint. When i first met with her she already knew that i was trans just by one conversation. I was 20 years old.  I started my hormone therapy on April 1st,2014, at 21 years old..  I always known I was meant to be a Man. I am happy now more so that I can finally express myself and me be. We all have our different struggles and stories. I am happy that I get to share mine here with all of my fellow transgender brothers and sisters.Thank you

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My name is Mitchell Kallner, and I am a fourteen year old queer individual. On some days I channel a feminine side and other days masculine. A lot of the times, it is very confusing, because I could wake up wanting to paint my face and wear heels and a dress, and other days wanting to wear wear shorts and a tshirt. One of the biggest challenges/fears that I always face is being confused for the rest of my life. Although being a queer individual is hard, it is exciting because I can be whatever I want. The best part has been the support from family and Friends, and the fact that they push me to be a better me each day. I prefer using the pronouns he/him, although doing drag and letting out my sassy, flamboyant side makes me incredibly happy. It is hard to find out where I stand in life right now, but Miley and the Happy Hippie Foundation has helped me through everything. Thank you for everything that you do. Much love. ❤️💛💚💙💜

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Honoring Transgender Awareness Week

November 14th-20th Transgender Awareness Week, and November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Our #InstaPride family has taught us a lot about gender issues this year through their experiences, and we want to learn from YOU too! If you have something to share about your gender story, your journey if you’ve transitioned, what you’ve learned about gender or your hope for the transgender community, please submit your comments here!

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Be Part of our Happy Hippie / It Gets Better video!

We’re teaming up with our friends at the It Gets Better Project to celebrate 5 years sharing inspirational stories from the LGBT community by putting together a special Happy Hippie / It Gets Better video. And we want YOU to be a part of it! Submit your video here about how you helped make it better for yourself or someone else, or when someone’s story helped make it better for you, and you can be featured in our video alongside Happy Hippies from around the world sharing messages of support, love and hope! Just record your message on YouTube and submit the link below!

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Here is the photo of me and Lee in our happy hippie shirts 😊

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Happy hippie foundation, this is me and my best friend Leslie. Leslie is a female to male transgender 16 year old. On June 8th 2015 he finally came out to his church, and to the public as transgender. Me and other of his close friends were informed a long time ago, but it wasn't until then that he became comfortable accepting that about himself and is now taking full pride in it. He used to classify as just a lesbian and hid his true self out of fear. Thanks to you guys, he now has the strength and courage to pursue total happiness, regardless of what others say or think. I just want to thank you so much for inspiring me and my friend so much. It means the world to both of us. We even have happy hippie shirts 😊 if you're interested, my friends account is @ __Lee_W__ he is actually going by Lee now I just haven't gotten into the habit of it yet 😊 , but he posted his story of coming out to the public and how hard it is to be transgender. I just know it would mean the world to him to be featured on your page and for so many transgendered people who know the struggle, to be able to relate with him. And also, thank you for featuring my photo on your page for the happy hippie merch! It made me a very happy hippie! 😊😊😊😊 stay happy! 😊

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Hey.. My name is Tiffany. I'm from a little town in North Carolina. I'm also a lesbian and as a part of the LGBTQ community it's sometimes hard to live my life with one I love.. I have been engaged to my fiancé for 2 years and been together 3 years.. We are planning on getting married next fall! She is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I'm thankful for her everyday.. Many people don't know the struggle it is to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or even transgender.. I love what your doing Miley and your awesome! Thank you for helping our community out and spreading the word that most people know nothing about! Sincerely, Tiffany Davis

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All You Need Is Love 💞

Why hello fellow Happy Hippies! 😁🌈 My birth name is Nicholas, but I prefer to go by my own chosen names, Jude and Lucy 💎 I am a transfeminine pansexual hippie vegetarian who also dabbles in quite a bit of Political and Social activism. I am currently 23 years old, I can honestly say that I have known since I was 3-3.5 that I was not actually my birth given gender. I tried to have things in common with my friends at school, but I just couldn't fit in like they wanted me to, I would have so much rather spent all of my time with the girls. I was forced to be a "normal boy" : go out and get dirty, be rowdy, be violent; none of these even begin to resemble who I am. Not to mention the fact that I have always been attracted to people of all genders/races/sizes/shapes, hearts not parts 💖 So having to hide who I was caused me great confusion and discomfort throughout my entire life until just last summer when I went on my spiritual journey and truly found myself and the fact that I could no longer hide their world from my light. ☀🌈 In this last year, I have made and lost some close friends, lost 97 pounds since becoming a vegetarian, and most recently, have fallen in love 💗💗💗 After 18 years of intense searching, I have finally found the one, I knew that all of those 11:11s would pay off one day 😁😁😁 Her name is Desirae and she could not be more perfect for me, she is completely accepting of the fact that I'm spiritually a woman. She has even said that she wants to go out on "lesbian" dates with me just as much "hetero" ones 😍😍😍 We even have the same taste in dresses and skirts 💖I wasn't sure if I would ever actually find someone that could accept me for who I am, but destiny has finally brought us together and I have literally never been happier in my entire life. Life is beautiful 🌈🌸🌻🌼 Be yourself no matter what, it is so worth it 😘💕

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My Story

Hey, there.

My name is Zed.

As for gender,

I was born with a female body, but a year ago or so, after a lot of thinking, I decided that I was a male.

It took me some time to realise. I sometimes said I was a male as a "joke," trying to somewhat insinuate the fact that I felt that way, without being judged. Then my (internet) friends came out as genderfluid or male, and I was awfully embarrassed to come out as well, fearing that I may be accused of following a 'trend.' After some courage, I finally came out as a male. Which really does relieve compared to how I used to live.

... and, dear people,

It's not a trend.

It's just the way you feel.

Thanks to the internet and such, people have lost their fear of being who they truly are. Of course, it may seem that there was a massive influx out of nowhere, as of recently, but really, all of us transgender people, or LGBTQ+ community in general, have always been here. Perhaps hiding? Perhaps afraid to speak? But we always existed.

As for romantic feelings,

I have lived with a very Catholic family all of my life. 

(Mind you, that not all Catholic people are bad. My family just took selective parts of the Bible very seriously. Some people can praise Jesus Christ and not be harassing other people because of their sexuality or gender.) Perhaps I was too young to understand it, but when I was very young, perhaps four years old or so, due to not owning a Ken doll or sorts, I made two Barbie dolls kiss. I didn't really mind that they both had biologically female bodies, I just felt that love could be found anywhere. My mother discovered me in the act of making my dolls kiss, and she seemed rather surprised/upset that my two Barbie dolls kissed, and she then told me that she was immediately going to purchase me a Ken doll. I was confused. 

"Why? They can still kiss, right?" I didn't want to upset my mother, so I obeyed her, and never let my dolls touch lips again.

I continued growing up and I turned five, and at that time, Power Rangers Mystic Force was my favourite show. I loved the fighting, and heck, I even wanted to be one of them. (I did dress up as the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers Mystic Force around that time.) As I was watching different Power Ranger seasons, I discovered that certain females captivated my attention. Not in the "I admire you" sort of way, but in the way that it felt like some childish crush. Perhaps it was their bodies? I felt like I wanted to see more. (Then again, my memory is quite blurry on this matter, so I am unable to elaborate as I so wish.) I did not know what dating was at the time due to being so young, so I would not really know what its symbolism was. I never paid attention to other boys until I reached second grade, when I thought (due to my mother's influence,) that you (well, me, being physically/anatomically female) could only date boys. I kept that strange mindset, and something rather strange happened in the fifth grade. I usually hung out with these girls. I thought one of the girls was pretty and she was quite popular, when we were in the lunchroom, I accidentally(?) blew a kiss to her. Since then, this other girl kept calling me a lesbian, trying to insult me. In the sixth, I tried to deny it very hard. My mother wouldn't be okay with her child being a lesbian or anything that isn't heterosexual. So I continued denying it.

In the seventh grade, I developed this crush on this girl, and I couldn't help myself. I was too shy to do anything, since she would exclusively go after guys. I did nothing and moved on. I felt rather strange and perhaps even out of place after acknowledging my feelings.

Afterwards, in the years heading towards eighth grade, I met this person. They said they had a girlfriend. Still being persuaded by my mother that only girls can date boys, I mistakenly took them for a boy, and they revealed themselves to be a girl. I was surprised, and perhaps rather uneasy, as I have never met a lesbian (that is what they called themselves at the time) person through the internet or real life. Soon, I spoke with them more and more, and I developed a crush on them. I acknowledged myself as biromantic at the time, (technically bisexual, since I did not know or understand the difference between romanticism and sexuality,) liking both boys and girls. 

Later on in life, I then discovered that there were more genders than just male and female. I decided that I love people because of who they are! I didn't limit myself to two 'basic' genders. I then labeled myself as panromantic, knowing that I should love someone for who they are.

And as for sexuality, I find myself too young to know what I want intimately, so I do not know. Not everyone is too young to know what they want, but I judged myself as too young. Like any other adolescent with sexual feelings that tend to come and go, you feel needs and such, but I am unsure whether I would like such 'fantasies' to merge into 'reality.' I have decided that I am not ready for such things and I would be fine with my body being left alone.

I cannot change who I am, forcefully. All I could do is do with the current and see what I become.

Do not fear change, do not challenge it either.

Please do not hide. Be free, and be whoever you would like to be.

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Meet Scout (and this amazing group of allies) and find out why you don’t want to have candles in your jello

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Let's make a difference

Somehow I've been coming out to myself since always. Never a femenine kid, I've always felt in between genders, and only now that I'm almost 21 I've come out as transgender. All those stories where my main character was a boy, all those plays at school where they would cast me as a boy because of my short hair, all those fights over dresses - me refusing, my parents forcing me. It wasn't that bad, tho. The bad thing was being blind and lying to myself for so long, for others, for what others may or may not say. Nowadays I just want to keep going. I've just started, but I couldn't be less passionate about it. I wanna make a difference with my experience, with what I'm learning. I wanna help myself and others, I wanna educate so we can all leave our own closets.  Freedom to be ourselves. Education to love everyone :) 

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Hey guys, my name is Toryian, I'm 21 years old. I've been transitioning for almost a year now. However I've been on T for only 6 months. I never hated what I used to look like, in fact sometimes I watch videos of myself and I miss her, i wasn't sad as a woman, i wasn't unhappy as a woman, i was just me. But gradually, I started embracing my masculine side and found that I was much happier the more masculine I became. Last year I found out more about the term transgender. After a few months of research, I embraced my identity male and began transitioning. Since i came out I've been doing whatever I can to help out trans community. I have bought several binders for guys in need. I created a fundraiser @letsbindtogether to buy binders for people in need. I also own a page @melanated_transmen a page that showcases transmen of colour, as we are often over looked. I have big plans to help out more in the community, and I can only do that because of the man I am today. Being transgender has made me much happier and I want to do what ever I can to make others happy too. Most people expect Transmen to hate their past but I'm not one of those who do. I wouldn't be where I am right now if it wasn't for her. I loved her then and I love me now. I am the man I am today because of the woman I once was.

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The power of friendship & Coming out

I am a 25 year old Australian male. Though I boast a typical upper-middle class upbringing, life wasn't always as desireable as it maybe should be for someone in my position. I am gay. Have been my whole life. No idea why it presented such a hurdle in my life, but it did. I lived in constant fear of judgement and ridicule, I couldnt even accept myself.

One day i found myself at the local gay club in canberra. Like a kid in a candy store, I was lost in a sea of indulgence and wonder! Everyone was so happy and chill! I wanted to be a part of this community so bad, but was still blocked by my own insecurities.

Then, something amazing happened. I met THE COOLEST group of people and made the best friends I've ever had. Within months I was ready to come out of the closet. These friends made me feel like i could achieve anything, and that fear of how my family might react to my sexuality washed away. 

In hindsight, I really had nothing to worry about the whole time. Thanks to people like Miley Cyrus and my own friend circle, LGBT support is more availabe than ever. All you have to do is make the leap of faith. As someone who has lived the majority of their life in the closet pretending to be someone I'm not, I can assure you that it all gets so much easier once you start accepting and believing in yourself. There is so much support readily available and I personally know how dangerous it can be to live your life shrouded in uncertainty and secrecy.

I wish there was more I personally could do to help the HappyHippie foundation, but I am just 1 man with 1 story amongst a sea of people who have similar experiences and stories. For anyone out there who is stuggling to come to terms with their sexuality,  dont give up! Talk to someone and take the first step to becomming the REAL you and know that you will be loved and supported no matter what 😘.

My email is always open for anyone who is struggling or even just needs a friend,  even if it's helping 1 person at a time, we can ALL make a difference. 

And Miley, im sure you have plenty on your plate and im not sure if you will even ever see this message, but just in case you should know that you have made a difference. A huge difference. You are an inspirational person through and through and you have 100% of my support no matter what. Drop me a line if you're ever in AUS and ill show you how much of a difference people like you make amongst our LGBT commuity 😘

PEACE & LOVE 💙💚💛💜