Seventeen years old and courage to sell: Edoardo Zedda is a transgender boy and lives in Capoterra . A few months ago he started a hormonal journey for sex change and announced it on the TikTok platform where almost 100,000 people follow him today. An unexpected success.
But let's start from scratch.
“I always like to assume that I was an obese child. When I got to middle school, I was teased, but I hadn't disclosed my orientation. Between the end of sixth grade and the beginning of second grade, I met a friend who became a point of reference. In eighth grade, due to being bullied about my fitness, I had to change schools. There I openly stated that I liked girls. But I still had my doubts, until I lost 120 pounds the summer before high school. This helped me understand that the problems weren't just about the body."
Then came the choice to change gender: from girl to boy.
«When I returned to being of normal weight, I understood that the real discomfort I felt towards my body was due to the more feminine parts. A month and a half into the school year, I came out as a transgender person to a close circle of friends and my classmates. Some time later, my ex-girlfriend's mother revealed everything to my parents, and from that moment I started making it public."
What were the reactions in the heat?
"Good question! My parents and I were camping with my grandparents, who already knew everything but I had told them to keep it a secret. When my mother received the phone call revealing everything to her, she knelt down in tears. My father, on the other hand, was angry. Initially they both didn't want to hear anything about it, but slowly after a year and a half or so my mom started trying to call me the masculine. It took my father two and a half years."
Was there any bullying after the outing?
“There are friends who have distanced themselves from me. I have received anonymous messages and calls with insults. I also happened to get spit in the face, but I've never suffered any acts of physical violence. I consider myself quite lucky."
She has a large following on TikTok.
«Yes, I started doing TikTok just before summer 2022, posting one of the classic videos that you meet on the platform, where I was wearing a tape, an elastic band that is applied over the breast to flatten it. In the comments, the first questions about this blue ribbon I wore on my chest immediately arrived. I later posted a video to explain what it was, and from that moment on, the curiosity grew until the comments and views grew more and more. I was then contacted to learn more about the topic in the Forum broadcast and then on the RealTime channel, as well as various interviews».
The dream of dance and a family?
«I would like to continue studying dance and open my own gym, to be able to make a living from this. Besides that, I would like to study law, and I would really like to have children in the future».
