Dylan Mulvaney

And so I think it was just very conflicting for me to have a thought like that.

And I feel really grateful, actually, that my mom told me that many years later that that conversation happened.

Because I think for me, a lot of years of my life was feeling like I was...

Not in the correct body or in the correct mind and not having like all of the answers, the evidence of how I finally did get to be here.

But now that I'm here, I would never change it for the world.

I could not be happier.

And I think that is a testament to even like in the darkest times.

There was no part of it that had anything to do with doubt of transition or doubting my identity.

It really was just about people's...

reactions to that.

Yes.

It's just fascinating.

I did Book of Mormon before I transitioned.

Yes, so I went to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, which is one of the best musical theater schools in America.

Okay, I didn't know that.

Random and amazing, and also it's so cheap for rent in Cincinnati.

It was heaven.

Uh-huh.

And I really like – I put the time and effort into getting really good at something.

And then when I started going viral on TikTok, people like didn't realize – well, first of all, theater kids – theater kid energy isn't really like a mainstream thing that a lot of people are used to.