Nic Chien tagumpay ang TRT; nagka-Adam’s apple, bumaba ang boses

Trigger Warning: Mention of mental health, depression

HINDI naging madali para sa anak ni Lea Salonga na si Nic Chien ang naranasan niyang "gender dysphoria" habang nagta-transition bilang transgender man.

Nagpakatotoo ang singer at stage actor sa paglalahad ng naging journey niya sa pagiging member ng LGBTQIA+ community.

Sa panayam ng veteran broadcast journalist na si Korina Sanchez kay Nic sa programa niyang "Rated Korina", inilahad nga niya kung paano niya na-survive ang mga challenges being a transman.

Isa na nga riyan ang pagkakaroon ng "gender dysphoria na ayon sa isang health website ay ang, "feeling of distress that can happen when a person's gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth." 

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Pero ayon sa nag-iisang anak ni Lea, kahit na nagpatanggal na siya ng dibdib at sumailalim sa gender transition, wala naman daw nagbago sa kanyang pagkatao.

"I am not a different person. I am still Nicole, but I'm not called Nicole anymore because I am not a 'Nicole'. But I'm still the same person. Some social things might change because I'm a guy, which is fine," paliwanag ni Nic.

Dagdag niya, "I'm mostly adjusted now but growing up…you know, teenagers. I remember my mental health, I think it hit me up on 14 (years old).

"I'm also diagnosed with depression, and I take medication for my depression. It's a process. I actually think a lot of it was also due to gender dysphoria," esplika niya.

Pag-amin pa niya, "I am insecure in a sense that I knew when someone look at me, they wouldn't see what I wanted to be…they wouldn't see a man. They would see a girl. 

"I think that idea was so tragic in my mind. Just seeing the littlest things, not even that big, like certain curves in my face that weren't sharp enough or my shoulders not wide enough, small things. 

"It really affected me. I hated that. I hated looking in the mirror and seeing that. I hate looking at pictures of myself, seeing that and having people not see me as a guy," aniya pa.

Naikuwento rin ni Nic ang pagsailalim niya sa testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), na bahagi ng pag-transition niya bilang transman. Nahirapan daw siya noong nagsisimula pa lang, lalo't naghahanda na rin siya that time para sa Philippine production ng stage musicale na "Into the Woods." 

"I had a breakdown because I couldn't weigh it anymore. I was in so much mental, internal agony. I can't even put it into words," pag-alala ni Nic.

Dahil na rin sa tulong ng kanyang pamilya, ay maayos naman niyang nalagpasan ang kanyang hormone therapy, "Honestly, it worked out." 

Happy naman daw siya sa kinalabasan nito lalo't very obvious na ang pagbabago sa kanyang boses at very visible na rin ang kanyang Adam's apple, "I love it!" 

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