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Kim Petras Reframes Meaning of ‘Accept Yourself’ in Touching Pride Message

Kim Petras shared a 'little pride message' as she opened up about her gender journey and how she was always told to 'accept yourself' by doctors.

Kim Petras is sharing some words of encouragement for her fellow trans fans and opening up about her gender journey as a teenager. “‘Accept yourself’ was something doctors and psychologists would frequently tell me when I went to see them at 8, at 10, at 12, and at 16 … As in, ‘You can still wear makeup and present as whatever, but why would you need to go so far,'” she wrote in an Instagram Story. During a cover story with Out Magazine last year, Petras shared that she was “very suicidal as a kid” before being supported by her parents in her gender journey.

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