Emma Ellingsen is a Norwegian model and YouTuber famous for her fearless expression of her transgenderism. Ellingsen rose to fame after appearing in the Norwegian documentary Born in the wrong body. Emma capitalized on her moment in the spotlight by creating a YouTube channel. For the first two years, she Emma vlogged in Norwegian.
Her first video in English was in which she declared herself to be a trans woman. Her switch to her English increased her popularity, as she was now able to attract international audiences. So far, Emma’s fun-filled channel has 422,000 subscribers and her selfie-loaded Instagram page has close to 700,000 followers.
Emma realized she was transgender at eight years old and began her transformation at thirteen
Emma Ellingsen was born on September 9, 2001 in Tonsberg, Norway. At the age of 8, she began to realize that her gender identity and her physical sex did not match. Confused about her identity, her Emma began to investigate what she was feeling. In a video titled I am transgender!, Emma revealed that a documentary helped her realize she was a trans woman:
“I saw a documentary about transgender people. And after that, I got answers. I could relate to the people I saw on the screen and I could, I don’t know. I felt very happy. I understood what he felt, if that makes sense.”
Despite feeling nervous, Emma talked first with her mother and then with her friends. Fortunately, Emma’s loved ones showered her with support. At age 11, she changed her name and, a couple of years later, she started taking puberty blockers. The blockers prevented male puberty from kicking in; she didn’t get the deep voice or facial hair synonymous with the onset of puberty.
In 2014, Emma told her story in Born in the wrong body, and has been counting it ever since. For the most part, people treat her with kindness and celebrate her for her fearless honesty and transparency. She gets hate, especially from people who don’t believe she’s transgender, but she doesn’t let it affect her message to the world. She said the official:
“I love talking about my story and helping normalize being born in the wrong body. I see how you can feel a lot of pressure when you’re a public figure, but I just try to do what I want and be myself while doing it.”
Emma underwent breast augmentation surgery and is awaiting gender reassignment surgery.
At 16, Emma began a course of female hormones that stimulated breast growth. Ellingsen didn’t like how small they were, so she underwent breast augmentation surgery. She said in the aforementioned YouTube video that she was quite happy with the results: “I had a boob job. I got a little bit of boobs from my hormones but I still wanted a little bit bigger boobs and I don’t have big boobs at all. I’m very happy with them.”
The next surgery on Emma’s list concerns gender reassignment. She first spoke of her enthusiasm for surgery after her eighteenth birthday. According online mailEmma told local media that she had put her life on hold while she waited for a confirmed surgery date. She said:
“The only thing I have been wishing and hoping for has been that. I still don’t have a date and I don’t know what number I’m on the waiting list, but I hope it’s very soon so I can enter as soon as possible. I feel like I’ve put my life on hold for now. I’ve turned 18 and surgery may be right around the corner, it may be a long way off.”
online mail published the article in November 2019, and as of November 2020, Emma had not had surgery. It’s taking a while, but Emma is still as excited as she was when she turned 18. “I’ll probably get it pretty soon, I hope,” Emma said. “I have been waiting for a long time.”
Emma is not looking for a boyfriend, but she is confident that she will get a loving boyfriend in the future.
At the moment, dating is not a priority for Emma. In a video titled spill the tea when i’m going to have a boyfriend, Emma stated that she’s not looking for a relationship, but she doesn’t mind the occasional flirtation. “I feel very comfortable in myself right now because I don’t feel like I’m going to embarrass myself for anyone because I won’t have a boyfriend for a long time,” she said. “But I’m going to have some flirtations!”
When the time is right, Emma is confident that she will get a loving boyfriend. She also plans to have a family in the future. She revealed in her November 2020 YouTube video that she is open to the idea of adoption. “I think I’m going to adopt,” Emma said. “Being able to adopt is also a gift and helping someone who needs a home and who needs a roof over her head is a gift.”
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn