Popular Celebrities Who Underwent Gender Transition

Transgender representation in the media has slowly been on the rise, with modeling agencies hiring progressively more transgender models and actors and performers earning prestigious awards once implicitly reserved for cis-performers. Here are some of the boundary-breaking celebrities who’ve undergone gender transition and helped change media representation and discourse around the world.

Nikkie De Jager - Before

Originally from Wageningen, Netherlands, Nikkie De Jager began uploading videos to YouTube in 2008 after gaining inspiration from Lauren Conrad’s makeup on the hills. She became a professional makeup and hair artist, and was named by Forbes as one of the top beauty influencers of 2017.

Nikkie De Jager - After (age 31 years)

De Jager, now widely known as NikkieTutorials by 13.7 million subscribers, revealed that she’d transitioned as a teenager on her YouTube channel after receiving blackmail by someone threatening to make her assigned sex at birth public. Her fans, fellow influencers, and a list of celebrities gave their support.

Gigi Gorgeous - Before

Gigi Gorgeous first began uploading videos to YouTube in 2008, under the name Gregory Gorgeous. Her video blogs and make-up tutorials gained immediate attention and soon earned her a large online following. In 2011, Gigi began filming The Avenue, a reality program following her own life.