{"id":45162,"date":"2022-10-10T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=45162"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:04:53","slug":"victoria-defraigne-putting-trans-visibility-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2022\/10\/10\/victoria-defraigne-putting-trans-visibility-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Defraigne putting trans visibility in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victoria Defraigne is a Brussels student that uses her free time to discuss trans topics on her Insta account<\/a>. Gaining in visibility these last years, maybe you have seen her in the last \u2018Happy Pride\u2019 campaign or \u2018Freally?<\/a>\u2019, the video collaboration she does with Amnesty International<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve met with Victoria to discuss her work and views on queer topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us a bit about yourself. What has been your journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Victoria Defraigne. I am a 22 years old trans girl from Brussels. Born and raised as I like to say. I am also a bioengineering student at the ULB. During my studies, I\u2019ve met a lot of interesting and open-minded people, who allowed me to fully accept myself as a trans girl. Before that, I was very quiet about the fact that I\u2019m trans. I used to like keeping it to myself, not talking about it. However, becoming a quite visible student on campus, many people started talking about me, particularly because of my transidentity. It became a gossip topic, and a lot of people started referring to me as \u201cthe trans girl\u201d, which got me angry for obvious reasons. I could not accept people treating me this way, talking about me like that. I could not let this happen, without doing anything. That\u2019s how I turned my personal Instagram account into something drastically different. I was tired of \u201ccasually\u201d posting pictures of me for no reason, so I decided to create and share informative posts regarding transidentities. Since then, I\u2019ve learned so much, and I kept on improving the way I share what I want to say, how I want the world to change, for the better. When they see me in the city, many people come up to me to tell me how useful my account is, and how important my (free) work is. This is the real motivation that keeps me going. Because of course, this is not easy every day. Being this visible comes with a lot of downsides. But I think the positive sides outweigh the negative. Plus, I just cannot imagine stopping this activism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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