Dylan Mulvaney

People just don't realize we're there.

But I think that the more that we get to see trans people thrive and have families and show patriotism, I think it's a beautiful thing.

So the fact that I get to now go do eight shows a week on Broadway means there's some...

you know, teenager in the middle of the country that's like, oh my gosh, I can do that one day.

And so that's enough for me to keep trying, I guess.

Yes.

A thousand percent.

And it's like it's just when you've kind of forgotten or you thought the Band-Aid was big enough.

Oh, yeah.

And, and I, um, actually started the year in a really, um, I was down in Grand Cayman at this really beautiful resort.

And, uh, I had met a cute group of guys that were flirting with me.

And, and, um, I actually was like, oh my gosh, I don't know what they're, they're all there.

They're all friends.

And they were all like interested in me.

And I was like, I don't know which one I want.

But about halfway through this, this one of the guys like I at this point, we're like swimming in all our clothes in the hotel pool.

So fun.

And I hear he's like, hey, oh, my God, that's the the trans beer girl.

Be careful.

and to his friend and and I I felt like their you know moment and this was like I think it was like 1 a.m on January 1st so this was like the first moment of 2026 for me and I was like oh my god I felt this like like like this this layer of shame that they tried to kind of put onto me and I immediately like I remember getting out of the pool and all of my clothes and one of the friends who hadn't like wasn't the one that I had heard that conversation with was like