Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney opened up about dealing with trauma living as a transgender woman.
On Wednesday, Mulvaney, a biological man, posted a video to his TikTok page celebrating Mulvaney’s 500th day of “being a girl” and expressed his reservations about continuing his series.
“But I found myself in kind of an interesting position. Because if I make the content that I want to make and freely share my trans joy, I subject myself to a lot more trauma,” Mulvaney explained, adding about the decision “to scale back in order to protect my overall well-being.”
Furthermore, Mulvaney, 26, added the decision to take a backseat “works” and he is “quite happy” about it.
“But I’m not doing what I love, so it’s kind of a bittersweet thing,” Mulvaney continued.
This came after Mulvaney fled the U.S. to Peru following the backlash received for his partnership with the beer brand Bud Light.
“It’s a little sad that I had to leave my country to feel safe but that will get better eventually,” Mulvaney said in a TikTok video.
@dylanmulvaney Day 500 ❣️
In a TikTok video posted in June, Mulvaney claimed Bud Light failed to reach out to him following the controversy.
“For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse, in my opinion, than not hiring a trans person at all because it gives customers permission to be as transphobic and hateful as they want,” Mulvaney said.
In a statement to The Daily Beast by a spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch, the parent company for Bud Light, the spokesperson assured the company is “committed to the programs and partnerships we have forged over decades with organizations across a number of communities, including those in the LGBTQ+ community.”
The spokesperson added, “The privacy and safety of our employees and our partners is always our top priority.”
Anheuser-Busch recently said it’s planning to lay off nearly 400 corporate and marketing roles, according to the New York Post.