When Jenna Tea, a drag queen and makeup artist in Salt Lake City, Utah, came out publicly as transgender in January, there was one person she wanted to tell in person as well – her great-grandmother Katherine.
After Tea told her great-grandmother, she recorded and posted the loving message Katherine, who didn’t want to share her last name for privacy reasons, said to her in an Aug. 10 Instagram video post. The video and its message have since gone viral and have now been viewed over 1 million times.
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“Well, it’s your life, honey. You have to do what makes you happy. It’s something that we have to adjust to and sometimes, it’s hard for other people but they’re not living your life, you are,” Katherine began in her message. “It’s kind of their problem to re-adjust and so, the best thing is to put it out there, deal with it and it is what it is.”