{"id":1757,"date":"2022-08-04T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T08:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2022-08-06T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T15:31:16","slug":"gia-robles-levy-its-a-powerful-thing-to-be-open-and-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"Gia Robles Levy:\u00a0“It\u2019s a powerful thing to be open and honest”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gia Robles Levy, has been actively sharing her transition journey through social media since she \u2018came out\u2019 as trans in 2020. Still only 21 today, she talks to Kym Nelson, writer and comedian, about her struggles to find her identity, why she no longer has to suppress her sass and, what she really thinks about comedians who make trans jokes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent van Den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

 
You describe yourself as a influencer, how are you influencing people?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cI have a story to tell about my transgender journey and I feel I have a mission and a purpose to educate. I’m still learning new things about the transition process and I want to share these findings because it\u2019s not easy if you\u2019re not in the LGBTQ+ community. You can\u2019t  just use Google to find the answers. That\u2019s why I try and tell my story from my own experience. Essentially, I\u2019m expressing my vulnerability; I love doing that. As a result, people always comment on how brave I am to open up and be so vocal about my story. The feedback is empowering. It feels good to know you are inspiring people. It can be quite a heavy topic, so I do use humour sometimes when talking about my transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Talking of humour\u2026how do you feel about comedians such as Ricky Gervais making jokes about transgenders?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cI feel that he\u2019s not in a position or privilege to joke about the trans community because they are our topics. It\u2019s our struggle. These are the type of things people commit suicide over. I mean how can he go on stage as a privileged straight man and mock us. It\u2019s disgusting. You get people saying; \u201cOh you don\u2019t have a sense of humour, it\u2019s comedy.\u201d No! If a transwoman had made that joke then it\u2019s funny because she understands, she went through it. It\u2019s like white people using the \u2018N\u2019 word. You can\u2019t say that, you\u2019re not allowed to say that word. They don\u2019t know the struggles for black people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How would your influence bring more understanding about the trans gender community?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cI would love to go to schools and educate children and teenagers about this. At school I was bullied and there was a lot of gay shaming. I didn\u2019t know what gay was, while I was being called a faggot on the playground. I would love to stand up in front of a class now and give lessons from my perspective as a trans woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent van Den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wish I had discovered the possibilities and opportunities sooner, then I wouldn\u2019t have had to struggle this hard to find my identity.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Did you struggle with your sexuality?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cI did from the age of 15, when I started questioning my sexuality after I realised I was attracted to men, but I could fall in love with women. But at the age of 15 you don\u2019t really know what love is and that is why I was stuck. Then I started coming out as gay but it was a confusing time because I was still struggling with the sexuality part and still questioning and asking myself why am I not interested in men who are interested in me? And I was questioning why can I not be a regular homosexual like all the other guys? I was also really scared to go to bed with someone, I couldn\u2019t imagine giving myself intimately to another guy and I couldn\u2019t understand why I was thinking like that until I was 20.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Was there anyone you could talk to about your conflicted feelings?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cI thought I was falling in love with a female friend, who is my soul mate. I was able to talk about my feelings for her, with her. She was asking me questions like; \u201cWhy do you feel like that?\u201d She felt it too but her opinion was that sometimes you don\u2019t have to be romantic with someone, sometimes friendship is good enough. So I thought about that and also discussed my confusion about my sexuality with other friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When did you start to make sense of your identity?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cBecause I didn\u2019t understand what I was feeling I talked more with people who knew about sexuality and gender identity. Then a friend suggested that I might be gay because I was attracted to men but also bi-romantic (when you\u2019re romantically attracted to two different gender identities) and gender-fluid (being flexible with the sex with which people identify). Suddenly, I was relieved that I had a label for myself, that I could finally have some structure in my head about who I was. While I was telling people about how relieved I was about having these labels, another friend asked me; \u201cHave you ever thought about being trans?\u201d During that conversation I suddenly understood why I wasn\u2019t attracted to gay men, because I felt like a straight woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIt got to the point where I had to give myself a label. I know that many people dislike labelling themselves, but for me, knowing that I could do so to remove these question marks was really reassuring.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How long did it take for you to \u2018come out\u2019 as trans?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cIt took me 2 years to \u2018come out\u2019 as gay but when I discovered I was trans, it took me just two weeks to tell everyone because I didn\u2019t want this to be a secret. And whether they were comfortable with it or not, I decided that was not my problem, it was theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


What was your family\u2019s reaction to changing your gender?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cThey were so supportive! Their attitude has always been about whatever makes me happy, makes them happy. So I\u2019m really lucky. Obviously you expect questions, but I was surprised by some of them. For example, my half-brother, who is 16 years old, asked, “Isn’t the transition really expensive?” Then after that he was like; \u201cFine, I guess I’ll have a sister then!\u201d My older brother (25) was more curious to learn what transgender meant, because he had no idea.\u201d

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\u201cI began to see that the gender with which I was expressing myself with was more fitting than the gender I was born with.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did you start transitioning?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cAs soon as I discovered I was trans, a week later I joined the Ghent hospital’s waiting list to get myself on hormones. Four months later I made the decision to go private, since I didn’t want to wait for the hormones. My Mum was really supportive and got me private therapy as soon as possible since I was still in puberty and I wanted to prevent it. I was like a ticking time bomb. I was already seeing hairs on my chest, so I couldn’t afford to wait another year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What was the process with the hormones?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cOnce you get the all-clear from the psychologist you can start hormones. But before that I had to freeze my sperm because I found out from a friend -not from the medical profession-, that hormone therapy makes you sterile. So although the assistance provided to transgender persons in Belgium is excellent, you really have to conduct your own research, because I learned more from my peers than from the medical community.I took estrogen in gel form which is like a hand sanitiser which you rub into your arm and then the hormones go straight into your bloodstream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did the transition affect your mental health?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cIt did when I started using testosterone blockers which helps with breast growth but they have to go through your digestive system which makes them very strong and dangerous and can mess with your head. That\u2019s why you hear trans women say they feel mentally unstable. I have always been secure in myself, strong, stable and confident but one month on these hormones, coupled with a heartbreak, made me crash down. I was feeling depressed. Ever since then I have not felt myself. I\u2019m about 50 percent of where I used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>Has it been an issue being trans within your community?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cI feel lucky to have so many friends from the deeper queer scene as opposed to the superficial queer scene, which we have in Belgium. So, for me and my friends we don\u2019t always feel safe in queer parties because there is still discrimination. For example from white gays to black gays and from gay people to trans women. In the superficial queer scene you can be gay, lesbian or trans. But in the queer scene I\u2019m in now you can be trans feminine, trans non-binary, binary trans, people with different genders, different pronouns and different sexualities. So much freer and it makes me feel amazing to be around people who truly understand. But I do see how other people struggle and how lucky I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you feel people don\u2019t see you as normal?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cAll the time. I meet men who look at me as if I\u2019m an experiment. They have an interest in me, but they want to keep me a secret because they\u2019re ashamed to be with a transgender woman. That\u2019s why they\u2019re never going to commit to someone like me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How do you think we can change attitudes towards transgenders?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cChange is starting to happen. I see thatwith images and reactions changing towards my community within mainstream media. It\u2019s certainly changed since that film the Hangover 2 which portrayed trans woman as being freaks. I remember watching a scene where the men go to Bangkok and they look horrified to see a trans woman as her towel drops off and say; \u201cWhat the fxxk was that?\u201d I remember watching that movie and I thought they had that reaction because they were looking at a freak – a woman who had surgery to put a penis on her. It\u2019s scenes like that that creates an impression as trans women being freaks. Now we have more understanding about trans woman who are being portrayed more positively in films, such as Laverne Cox and Indya Adrianna Moore. They are invading this world with their presence and steering the transgender community towards this radical change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you happy with your body now?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cI am very happy with my body, as you can see from the photos!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gender affirming for me to be able to walk on the street with a sass that I don\u2019t have to supress anymore\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


How do you want people to approach you?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cThe most respectful thing you can do is ask a person\u2019s pronoun. It\u2019s very well known in the queer world that this is a very respected question rather than assuming. I\u2019m very happy to tell people that I am she\/her, it means you address someone in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What question do you hate to be asked?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cTell me your worst traits. I mean why would I want to think about those things? Are they trying to make me feel insecure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a song that is your personal anthem?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201c \u2019Break free\u2019 by Ariana Grande. She\u2019s my inspiration. It\u2019s such an empowering song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What advice would you give to others who want to make the transition like you?
<\/strong>Gia: \u201cDon\u2019t hide yourself for anyone. Look around, see what situation you are (for instance, if you\u2019re in a safe space to come out as trans, do you have people you can trust in?) and only invest energy into people where you feel the energy is being reciprocated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are you becoming?<\/strong>
Gia: \u201cI\u2019d like to say a better version of myself, but it\u2019s not true. I\u2019m not a better version than I was last year. But I have evolved and I have learned. I guess I\u2019m becoming more authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vincent Van den Dries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about Gia on her Instagram page @giarobleslevy. She will also be selling
T-shirts on behalf of clothing brand Essentiel Antwerp at Antwerp Pride from 10th<\/sup> to 15th<\/sup> August.

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Concept: Ninette Murk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: Vincent Van den Dries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make-up: @emmacatry<\/a>
Light: @janmaes_<\/a>
Assistant on set: @annieksnoeijs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

vincentvandendries.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

thespacebrussels.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IG @vincentvandendries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview: Kym Nelson
IG @mindful_atplay
Twitter: @KymNelson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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