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YouTuber Jeydon Wale Comes Out As Trans To 845,000 Followers

"I felt like I was suffocating. I felt like I was drowning."

If visibility is a key component in the fight for acceptance for trans people, Jeydon Wale just took a big step for the transgender community.

The YouTube star came out as transgender in a vlog he posted to his 845,000 subscribers over the weekend, explaining that "I have always been a boy...[but] my body said otherwise at birth.”

Wale delivered the news on the ninth anniversary of his debut YouTube video, saying he was so depressed when he first joined the site.

Jeydon thought he'd never have the courage to publicly come out and share his journey, but he credits his followers with giving him the strength to "love and accept myself to the point where I finally can."

"I just can't thank you enough," he said. "Thank you for letting me be myself, something the world was trying so hard to take away from me."

Watch Jeydon's emotional coming out video below.

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