Skylar Kergil
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Skylar Kergil | |
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 Kergil in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | YouTube vlogger, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | skylarkergil |
Skylar Kergil is an American transgender YouTube personality and singer-songwriter.
Personal life
[edit]Growing up, Kergil presented himself as a tomboy, and associated with a butch lesbian group in high school, cutting his hair and wearing baggy clothes, and playing in a punk rock band. At age 15, Kergil met a trans woman, which led Kergil to realize he was a trans man. Over the next several years, Kergil met with a gender therapist and started going by a gender-neutral name. He later came out to his parents as trans, and began taking testosterone in early 2009, his senior year of high school, in order to attend Skidmore College presenting as a man.[1]
Career
[edit]He has been documenting his transition from female-to-male on YouTube since 2009 to educate viewers about gender identity, gender-affirming procedures, and his life as a trans man.[2]
In 2015, he featured on the first episode of PBS's First Person series, an LGBTQ-themed web series,[3][4] as well as in a Transgender Today editorial from The New York Times.[5] He was awarded the "Youth Innovator Award" by the Trevor Project in 2014.[6][7]
His music style has been described by Billboard as "a folk sound that sends a statement".[8] As of 2024[update], he has over 109,000 YouTube subscribers and over 12 million views.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "A pioneer in the transgender movement". Boston Globe. December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ Deshane, Eve (October 14, 2014). "This Is My Voice: YouTube and the Transgender Autobiography". The Atlantic.
- ^ "PBS' 'First Person' LGBTQ Series Debuts, Interviews YouTuber Skylar Kergil". Tubefilter. February 26, 2015.
- ^ "What's It Like "Growing Up Trans"? - Google Hangout 7/1 at 3/2c". FRONTLINE.
- ^ "Opinion | Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Skylar Kergil". The New York Times. September 13, 2018.
- ^ "Hayley Kiyoko to Be Honored by the Trevor Project". Variety. October 9, 2019.
- ^ Kenneally, Tim (November 19, 2014). "NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt to Be Honored at Trevor Project Event". TheWrap.
- ^ Goetzman, Jacey (June 25, 2019). "11 Transgender & Non-Binary Musicians You Need to Know". Billboard.
- ^ "Skylarkeleven's YouTube Channel". YouTube.
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- Living people
- Skidmore College alumni
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