Kim Petras reframes the meaning of “Accept Yourself” in her Pride message

Kim Petras shares some words of encouragement for her fellow trans fans and talks about her gender journey as a teenager. On Monday, the star posted a “little proud message (month)” about self-acceptance.

“’Accept yourself’ was something doctors and psychologists frequently told me when I went to see them at 8, 10, 12 and 16 years old… As in: ‘You can still put on makeup and present yourself as anyone what, but why would you do it? you have to go this far,'” she wrote in an Instagram Story. “Why can’t you just accept yourself?”

“They couldn’t understand that I had accepted myself since I remembered and accepted everything I knew I had to do to be myself,” she added.

Petras went on to say that being told to “accept yourself can be a pretty shitty thing to say to someone,” writing, “Some nerds online have said that to me every day of my life, since I remember it, and their dads are probably obsessed with me. .” She ended her note by stating: “That being said, accept yourself and happy pride. »

During a cover story with Outside Magazine Last year, Petras shared that she was “very suicidal as a child” before being supported by her parents on her gender journey. At age 13, the singer publicly discussed her transition on television. “My mother believed me that I was a girl and I wouldn’t be here without her, without her support and without everyone who believed in me until now,” the singer said on stage while accepting her Grammy for ” Unholy” last year.

Petras’ new proud statement comes after she canceled her festival appearances this summer to focus on “some health issues.”

“I love you so much and I will make it up to you and come back better than ever very soon,” she said in late April. Last week, Petras was also named the face of MAC Cosmetics.