30 Comics That Explain And Show What It s Really Like To Change Your Gender According To Transgender Comic Artist Julia Kaye
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Pro member Publish Not your original work? Add source At 32, cartoonist Julia Kaye lives in Los Angeles, where she works for Disney TVA. But, much more than just that, she is also a brave transgender woman who, like most people who have gone through gender transition, had to face her fears and the prejudice of others in order to become who she is today. Julia's experiences and gender transition are illustrated within her 3-panel comics that she frequently shares with her followers on her social media platforms. Published on the cartoonist's Instagram, the said illustrations are a way to show and highlight the problems faced by those going through gender transition. However, it's not only that-Kaye's comics also serve as support for those who might be in a similar situation too. Today we'd like to feature 50 of the newer comics; however, the rest of them can be found collected in book format in "Super Late Bloomer: My Life In Transition," which Julia released. More info: Instagram twitter.com This post may include affiliate links. #1 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 97points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So much this. It doesn't matter why, just that it's what you want. 15 15points reply View more comments Bored Panda reached out to Kaye. "As for how autobio comics came into my life and what inspired the 2 series: Honestly, I've never been any good at keeping a traditional written journal and comics have always been a huge part of my life. So when I started my gender transition, it just made a weird sort of sense to turn to making journal comics to help me navigate the constant barrage of highs and lows in my life. Making them each day became art therapy for me-my sketchbook was a place I could be fully honest with myself about how I felt, something I used to greatly struggle with." #2 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 88points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kids always take this sort of thing better. When a parent doesn't want their kids to know you're transgender, it's because of the parent, not because of the kids. 55 55points reply View more comments #3 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 88points POST Floofy Samoyed Floofy Samoyed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Happy tears! 23 23points reply View more comments "Originally, I never had any intent to share them with anybody but my closest friends, to hopefully help them understand what I was going through. But as time went on, I realized that by sharing them with the public, I could possibly help other people who are trans hopefully feel seen and thus feel less isolated in their own experiences, as well as help cis allies better understand the sort of things we go through. That first series eventually became collected in the book 'Super Late Bloomer: My Life In Transition.'" #4 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 73points POST Kittygirl Kittygirl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Yes! You know who you are! (Edited cause it sounded sarcastic, it’s not.) 22 22points reply View more comments #5 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 68points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is the worst! I try to remind myself that society defaults to masculine pronouns for basically everything, but come on. 19 19points reply View More Replies... View more comments "A couple of years later, when I was 3 years into my transition, I realized the landscape of my life was radically different than it used to be. I found myself feeling the pull to go back and make a second series to help navigate what my life had become. This time, to help show that life keeps moving on past that fraught, anxiety-ridden first year of transition and settles down. To show that as your gender dysphoria lessens, you have so much more capacity to truly live your life as yourself. It's a side of transition that isn't talked about enough. So I started making daily comics for 6 months, for better or worse, no matter what. Eventually, the second series was collected and published earlier this past year as 'My Life In Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection.'" #6 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 60points POST Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm genuinely sorry if I'm being ignorant or insensitive here, but can someone explain this to me? Left person is apologising to Right person about something Left's friend did, Right seems to be ok. Then left explains their thoughts and emotions on the situation a bit. Lastly Left expresses that they feel, like, protective maybe? towards Right, and that they don't want to see Right get hurt. This makes Right get upset and angry towards Left, and (probably because I'm close minded or something) I can't work out why. Like why is Right angry with Left, rather than Left's friend? Help pls 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 58points POST crazy_cat_notAlady crazy_cat_notAlady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago hey, truth monster, cant comment on ur post...but I think I understand what u r asking there. each of us has unique and different meaning making systems. it need not mean that life is planned. but sometimes, assigning meaning to events does help us move forward. much like what Viktor Frankl said in Man's Search for Meaning. 7 7points reply View more comments #8 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 55points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago After 30 years of denying all emotions, I welcome those moments when I can't help but feel all the things. And yes, the boobs do rule. 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 54points POST Lydi of the Lake Lydi of the Lake Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes! Changes are scary but many are often so very worth it. 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 52points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Bloody hell I can relate to that one... I don't think I could ever have even come back from where I hid from myself without my fiance there to help me... 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 51points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ran into this with my own older brother and his wife. They'd rather deny their transphobia than confront it, and have basically thrown me entirely from their lives. Why do so many decide that they would rather hate than love? 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 49points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This one is gold! 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 48points POST Kittygirl Kittygirl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Awwwwwww this is sad 31 31points reply View more comments #14 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 45points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hm, I would never share my shoes 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 45points POST ! ? ! ? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's me with girls 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 43points POST #17 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 39points POST Dark Pearl Dark Pearl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Heather, being trans doesn't mean your sexuality is defined by what sex you were BORN as. 4 4points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 37points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) How many surgeries does it take? I thought it was just the two obvious areas (genuinely curious) 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST AzKhaleesi AzKhaleesi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago hahaha teet yeet... thats cute 16 16points reply View more comments #20 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Definitely looking forward to that! I miss being able to wear my hair back. Though hairbands are nice... 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i don't even have the excuse of make up (i'm a man) AND i work from home but i still succeed in being late sometimes ... 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 35points POST Steffen Rehm Steffen Rehm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I fell attacked. But yeah, i know more then i would accept to know, of this type of men. 11 11points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Awww, I love this one! 8 8points reply #24 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Leaked gas is very dangerous 21 21points reply View more comments #25 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Disrespecting the dead is not cool. And yet it happens to transgender people more than anyone else. 20 20points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 29points POST Casey Casey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've lived this. I'm living it now. I met The Love Of My Life 5½ years ago. The only problem was that I'm not The Love Of His Life. 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 29points POST Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And if you feel like you can't, just remember that there are people who support you and can help! 10 10points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 27points POST Pansexual fnaf weeb Pansexual fnaf weeb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So beautiful! 5 5points reply #29 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 27points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) It takes real courage to move forward on your own to follow your own inner journey like that or how do I put it. Sometimes love really isn’t enough 8 8points reply View more comments #30 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 25points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally think that buddy is gender neutral 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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30 Comics That Explain And Show What It’ s Really Like To Change Your Gender According To Transgender Comic Artist Julia Kaye
35Kviews HidrėlėyPro member Publish Not your original work? Add source At 32, cartoonist Julia Kaye lives in Los Angeles, where she works for Disney TVA. But, much more than just that, she is also a brave transgender woman who, like most people who have gone through gender transition, had to face her fears and the prejudice of others in order to become who she is today. Julia's experiences and gender transition are illustrated within her 3-panel comics that she frequently shares with her followers on her social media platforms. Published on the cartoonist's Instagram, the said illustrations are a way to show and highlight the problems faced by those going through gender transition. However, it's not only that-Kaye's comics also serve as support for those who might be in a similar situation too. Today we'd like to feature 50 of the newer comics; however, the rest of them can be found collected in book format in "Super Late Bloomer: My Life In Transition," which Julia released. More info: Instagram twitter.com This post may include affiliate links. #1 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 97points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So much this. It doesn't matter why, just that it's what you want. 15 15points reply View more comments Bored Panda reached out to Kaye. "As for how autobio comics came into my life and what inspired the 2 series: Honestly, I've never been any good at keeping a traditional written journal and comics have always been a huge part of my life. So when I started my gender transition, it just made a weird sort of sense to turn to making journal comics to help me navigate the constant barrage of highs and lows in my life. Making them each day became art therapy for me-my sketchbook was a place I could be fully honest with myself about how I felt, something I used to greatly struggle with." #2 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 88points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kids always take this sort of thing better. When a parent doesn't want their kids to know you're transgender, it's because of the parent, not because of the kids. 55 55points reply View more comments #3 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 88points POST Floofy Samoyed Floofy Samoyed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Happy tears! 23 23points reply View more comments "Originally, I never had any intent to share them with anybody but my closest friends, to hopefully help them understand what I was going through. But as time went on, I realized that by sharing them with the public, I could possibly help other people who are trans hopefully feel seen and thus feel less isolated in their own experiences, as well as help cis allies better understand the sort of things we go through. That first series eventually became collected in the book 'Super Late Bloomer: My Life In Transition.'" #4 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 73points POST Kittygirl Kittygirl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Yes! You know who you are! (Edited cause it sounded sarcastic, it’s not.) 22 22points reply View more comments #5 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 68points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is the worst! I try to remind myself that society defaults to masculine pronouns for basically everything, but come on. 19 19points reply View More Replies... View more comments "A couple of years later, when I was 3 years into my transition, I realized the landscape of my life was radically different than it used to be. I found myself feeling the pull to go back and make a second series to help navigate what my life had become. This time, to help show that life keeps moving on past that fraught, anxiety-ridden first year of transition and settles down. To show that as your gender dysphoria lessens, you have so much more capacity to truly live your life as yourself. It's a side of transition that isn't talked about enough. So I started making daily comics for 6 months, for better or worse, no matter what. Eventually, the second series was collected and published earlier this past year as 'My Life In Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection.'" #6 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 60points POST Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm genuinely sorry if I'm being ignorant or insensitive here, but can someone explain this to me? Left person is apologising to Right person about something Left's friend did, Right seems to be ok. Then left explains their thoughts and emotions on the situation a bit. Lastly Left expresses that they feel, like, protective maybe? towards Right, and that they don't want to see Right get hurt. This makes Right get upset and angry towards Left, and (probably because I'm close minded or something) I can't work out why. Like why is Right angry with Left, rather than Left's friend? Help pls 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 58points POST crazy_cat_notAlady crazy_cat_notAlady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago hey, truth monster, cant comment on ur post...but I think I understand what u r asking there. each of us has unique and different meaning making systems. it need not mean that life is planned. but sometimes, assigning meaning to events does help us move forward. much like what Viktor Frankl said in Man's Search for Meaning. 7 7points reply View more comments #8 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 55points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago After 30 years of denying all emotions, I welcome those moments when I can't help but feel all the things. And yes, the boobs do rule. 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 54points POST Lydi of the Lake Lydi of the Lake Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes! Changes are scary but many are often so very worth it. 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 52points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Bloody hell I can relate to that one... I don't think I could ever have even come back from where I hid from myself without my fiance there to help me... 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 51points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ran into this with my own older brother and his wife. They'd rather deny their transphobia than confront it, and have basically thrown me entirely from their lives. Why do so many decide that they would rather hate than love? 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 49points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This one is gold! 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 48points POST Kittygirl Kittygirl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Awwwwwww this is sad 31 31points reply View more comments #14 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 45points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hm, I would never share my shoes 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 45points POST ! ? ! ? Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's me with girls 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 43points POST #17 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 39points POST Dark Pearl Dark Pearl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Heather, being trans doesn't mean your sexuality is defined by what sex you were BORN as. 4 4points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 37points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) How many surgeries does it take? I thought it was just the two obvious areas (genuinely curious) 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST AzKhaleesi AzKhaleesi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago hahaha teet yeet... thats cute 16 16points reply View more comments #20 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Definitely looking forward to that! I miss being able to wear my hair back. Though hairbands are nice... 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 36points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i don't even have the excuse of make up (i'm a man) AND i work from home but i still succeed in being late sometimes ... 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 35points POST Steffen Rehm Steffen Rehm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I fell attacked. But yeah, i know more then i would accept to know, of this type of men. 11 11points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Awww, I love this one! 8 8points reply #24 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Leaked gas is very dangerous 21 21points reply View more comments #25 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 32points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Disrespecting the dead is not cool. And yet it happens to transgender people more than anyone else. 20 20points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 29points POST Casey Casey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've lived this. I'm living it now. I met The Love Of My Life 5½ years ago. The only problem was that I'm not The Love Of His Life. 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 29points POST Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And if you feel like you can't, just remember that there are people who support you and can help! 10 10points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 27points POST Pansexual fnaf weeb Pansexual fnaf weeb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So beautiful! 5 5points reply #29 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 27points POST L.j. Bus L.j. Bus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) It takes real courage to move forward on your own to follow your own inner journey like that or how do I put it. Sometimes love really isn’t enough 8 8points reply View more comments #30 upandoutcomic Report Final score: 25points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I personally think that buddy is gender neutral 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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