Before Nikita Dragun first of all transitioned, her parents knew their daughter used to be "different," but that didn't stop them from supporting her.
As a transgender lady, beauty guru Nikita Dragun has at all times tried to be truthful and open with her target audience about her experience. She to start with got here out to her target audience as transgender in 2015 and has since continued to share content about the fact of being a transgender individual.
Nikita even addressed the reality of coming out to her parents.
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"In my culture and in that side of the family we technically we don't have a really out person who is different or gay or anything in between, because it's not that it's not accepted, it's just not really talked about," she said in a video about popping out to her parents.
But who are Nikita's parents?
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Nikita has had to defend her race to her followers in new drama.
Nikita comes from a mixed-race background. Her mother is Mexican, whilst her father is Vietnamese — he even served within the Vietnam army for 28 years.
But her heritage has at all times been one thing she's felt she's had to protect. Her fans called her out on a couple of occasion for "Blackfishing," or making her pores and skin seem darker than it's in a up to date advert marketing campaign.
"i know it’s a joke to comment on my race but i’m really tired of having to defend myself on every post," she tweeted in accordance with the grievance. "'she’s hispanic today' i’m hispanic everyday. my mom is mexican. my dad is asian. i’m mixed. the end. bye."
"growing up mixed i was never enough or fully accepted," she endured in a follow-up tweet. "i don’t have to pick a side. i am not incomplete of my races. i do not lack anything. i am proud of ALL of me."
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Her fans further identified that didn't give her an excuse to appear as darkish as she did within the ad marketing campaign, to which Nikita claims she had no authority over how the photos used within the marketing campaign were edited, even sharing a shot from that very same day where her skin appeared noticeably lighter.
"i was hired as a model. i didn’t have any control over editing. i showed up did my job and left," she tweeted in her defense.
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Nikita's parents supported her whilst she transitioned online.
Nikita's parents have made a few appearances on her YouTube channel, and she or he's even interviewed them for her followers to invite them about their facet of her popping out enjoy. In a video titled "OUR DAUGHTER IS TRANSGENDER!" Nikita asks her mom and dad about occasions from her adolescence that they discovered she was once a little "different."
Both of her parents pointed out that Nikita used to be always interested in dolls, makeup, and other stereotypically "flamboyant" things as a kid.
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Her mother recounted having to provide an explanation for to Nikita as a kid that she had to put on the boys' swim trunks to take part on the school swim workforce as an alternative of the women's racerback she had wanted to wear as an alternative. They both additionally mentioned her joining the cheerleading workforce — then as the only boy at the team — was a large second when they learned Nikita would never in reality like historically masculine issues.
But, they mentioned, they nonetheless attended every game with her and cheered at the sidelines.
Most of all, although, they just sought after to make sure their daughter was protected. Both parents echoed that their biggest worry used to be that they would not be in a position to give protection to their daughter from the ones who may not be as accepting of her.
"My goal in life is to make sure no one bullies my daughter. And if they do, just remember this face," he warned jokingly.
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