The Real in 2015 and becoming a member of the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706).I was on a better path, but I couldn't escape or rectify the internal stigma and shame of both my status and my past.
And I still hadn't openly revealed to the world that I was HIV positive. It felt trapped in a cycle of dysfunction.It was in 2016, now 37 years old, that I truly committed to being my authentic self.
I began the process of my transition, something that really began long ago for me. I knew in early childhood that I was different—I just didn't possess the language or means to solidify what my version of different was.