Trans actress Yasmin Finney’s school bullies congratulate her now that she’s famous

Yasmin Finney — the 19-year-old British transgender actress who plays Elle Argent in Netflix’s dramedy series Heartstopper and who will soon play a companion role in the sci-fi Doctor Who series — revealed in a recent interview that her former bullies now congratulate her for her success on social media.

“Being a Black trans woman, I’ve been forced to grow up early,” Finney recently told British Vogue magazine.

Growing up as a poor, Black, queer girl, she had bullies, including “football players who would trip her up and shove her in hallways, call her names and do limp-wristed impressions,” the fashion publication wrote.

Finney grew up longing to wear girl’s clothing, wearing a pink tutu around her family home, and hating to change in boys’ lockerrooms. She used Google to search topics about femininity, why she felt like a girl, and why she had a penis. During her high school specialization exams, she showed up wearing…

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