World's best great-grandma has heartwarming reaction to her great-granddaughter coming out as trans
A great-grandmother's reaction to her great-granddaughter coming out as trans is going viral for all the right reasons. Jenna Tea, a 21-year-old makeup artist and drag performer, posted a video to her Instagram last month that has since garnered over one million views, capturing the conversation she had with her great-grandmother, Katherine, when she told her that she is a transgender woman. "Well, it's your life, honey. You have to do what makes you happy," Katherine says in the audio, as pictures of her and Tea as a child flash onscreen. "Its something that we have to adjust to and sometimes, its hard for other people but theyre not living your life, you are. Its kind of their problem to readjust and so, the best thing is to put it out there, deal with it, and it is what it is."See on InstagramAnd Ive always thought it. I always noticed that you had more of a softer side when you wanted dolls and not trucks and things, Katherine continued. There were signs, but we never said anything to you because until you know, its not fair to say anything to you either. Because I dont want you to be unhappy and struggle with this and let it destroy you because people are not accepting. Theyre just idiots. "I love you. It doesn't matter to me if youre male or female. Whoever is in there, I love," she concluded.Tea told PEOPLE that she came out in January and began hormones in April. She's been performing in drag for over three years now, which her great-grandmother often comes to watch. Tea wrote in the caption of the video that she "sobbed so much creating this," and that "at 89 years old I hope to be half the woman she is.""I knew when I came out to her that it wasnt going to be a bad reaction and I am very lucky to be able to know that," she said. "As a trans person I often get a lot of dysphoria, but sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see parts of her face in me, and that erases all of the fear and discomfort. She is such a rare and special soul and we need more people like her in the world, I am so lucky to call her Grandma."