Name: A Transgender Man's Path To Freedom
Uploaded: 2017-08-10T18:43:55.000Z
Duration: 4 min 2 s
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LAURA LING: Growing up,
you were African American,

socialized as a girl,
adopted by a white family.

That must have been
extremely confusing for you.

KINGSTON FARADY: It was
really, really hard.

around how did I get here, and
who am I, and how do I do this.

It made me very quiet
and introverted and sad.

I remember in my childhood
just always thinking

LAURA LING: When you
finally come to the decision

KINGSTON FARADY: I started
thinking about transitioning

started to ask myself questions
around could this be me.

I finally made the decision
when I was about 25.

I still remember receiving
my first testosterone shot,

LAURA LING: What was it
like the first few years

You're learning how to
deal with new thoughts.

You're learning how to
deal with a changing body.

And then on top of that,
you're engaging with the world

that you have adopted to help
you in this life's journey.

KINGSTON FARADY: There are
so many different aspects

And for me, transitioning,
I had to figure out

who am I now in terms of these
different aspects of my being.

And so I created Love
Your Vehicle, your vehicle

needed to build my body into
what I wanted it to look like.

And I love trail run,
I love the obstacle

and run up hills and feel
dirt and breathe the air.

It's critical that every
single day I spend time

really enriching my
understanding of what's

And the spiritual component
is about meditation.

and realize that there is a
peace that is a part of life

of loving your vehicle
changed you as a person?

KINGSTON FARADY: It has
made me a lot stronger.

And it's also allowed
me to be OK with myself

in the world with strength
and pride and confidence.

And it's allowed me to believe
that not only are transgender

despite anything else that
I might hear during the day.

LAURA LING: Be sure to
watch this next episode.

When you look in the mirror now,
who's the person that you see?

SPEAKER 3: So I see a lot
more confident person.

I see someone who's
made a lot of progress.

And most of all, I see
someone who's on a journey.

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A Transgender Man's Path To Freedom

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