"i'm really fucking happy." that's all i needed to hear, miles. so so glad you're happy and doing well. yeah, that's all. just wanted to say im very happy for you
i used to obsessively watch your transition video before i even realized i was trans. now i'm 21yrs old and have my first appointment with a doctor to discuss hrt next week. thanks for lowkey raising me
@@lilacfields it took a while to get there tbh im not sure i could explain it in one message. it mostly took a lot of trial and error. trying new things, seeing what fit and what didnt
@@heejinluvr that’s fine! i’m honestly just questioning my gender and have been for a while. i watched trans youtubers like miles all throughout middle and high school and have wondered what it’d be like if i could transition but i’m still unsure. i’ve arrived to the conclusion that i wish i was born a man and thats about it lol. seeing your experience makes me feel like i might figure it out one day 👍🏽 so thanks
i’ve been watching you since your pre-transition, and your coming out video gave 12 year old me the courage to come out as well. i’ll be 20 in exactly a week, and i’m officially 2 weeks on testosterone. you’re truly an inspiration for me and i’m extremely grateful to have come across your channel when i did ❤️
i turned 20 a few days ago, about a week from my two years on T (i was going to start on my 18th birthday originally, after being in that system since i was 14, a 12 day pushback felt like a lot). hello fellow 20 year olds, lol.
Been here since old channel name. You are everything. The all. You're such a legend. Thank you for existing on this earth and letting yourself be seen.
I watched you in the midst of going to conversion therapy and going to gay camp. You helped me stay grounded in my identity and I’m so grateful I had you as one of my first queer role models. I would not be here if I didn’t have you to laugh with in the most depressing, oppressive years of my life. Thank you 🫶🏻
on behalf of myself and i’m sure many others, thank you for sharing your vulnerability online all these years. i know i wouldn’t be who i am today without the words and feelings that i learned to identify through your content. thank you for being such a good resource and influence on us young (or at least younger) queer folk
100%! I'm 32 and Miles has helped me so much over the years, especially with so few trans role models in the past. Breaks my heart that he had so few peers and role models himself and makes me so happy he's found community as well as building it for us along the way 💜
I remember being 13, closeted, with hair down to my butt and afraid to show ankles. I attended church 3 times a week, I taught Bible classes to kindergarteners, I worked (under the table) for a little Mennonite bakery where I wore my hair back and prayed to a God who never saw me. I looked longingly at alt/queer people and just learned not to say anything about my admiration for them because of the weird looks I got. Then, surfing UA-cam during my few hours of phone time, I found your channel. You had just come out and started transitioning, and so I started learning more and more about myself. I watched countless transition timelines and you really brought joy to something that was truly so scary for me. Now I’m out, I have dyed hair and piercings, I don’t work for the Bible Belt anymore, and I’m a safe space for the queer kids around me. I can attribute so much of my hard, but mostly content life to the strength I found when I first saw you look at a camera and say “I’m Miles”. Thank you so much for being that person for me.
Miles! Thank you! I am on a very similar journey, going from lesbian to non-binary to a trans dude who likes men. Thank you for sharing your journey and thoughts. I am 6 months on T this friday and I am happy with my progress. Things are crazy and tough sometimes, but I couldn't be happier. Can't wait to see where the transition takes me. Cheers to the whimsy and joy and pain and resilience and challenges of being who you are. Cheers.
I remember watching you sometimes back when I was 16 (2016) And being in denial of my Nonbinary identity. And today I'm almost 2 months post op from top surgery and I'm out to my family and friends since last year 🥰🏳️⚧️🌈
you literally helped me find my name with your “naming gods children” videos i will forever be grateful for you for helping me figure myself out and accepting myself❤️
miles, this video is going to be so important to so many people. while i don’t relate exactly to everything you experienced, i relate to a lot of it, so many people relate to this and the fact that they’ll be able to see this is so so valuable. 31:51 i’m still watching, thank you so much ❤️
I just came back to say that Boys Will Be Boys is one of my favourite empowering songs. I would LOVE if you did more music. You are a gifted performer.
I’ve been watching since you were a little youngling in your parent’s house talking about Doctor Who. I remember the royalty free outro and you being psyched during your transistion that the group also made the outro with your new name instead of your dead name. I was literally just talking about you the other day. Your videos always helped me through my gender journey. Thank you.
dude I'm older than you but you've taught me a lot about myself through the years, been here since pre transition and you have helped me a lot Our experiences are different in many ways, but I still reflect on yours a lot thank you, for being you, for everything you are amazing Miles McKenna
i'm not even a transmasc, but growing up as a queer teen watching your videos helped me so much, i started watching in 2018 as a bisexual 13 yo cis boy, i'm now a 19 yo non-binary minsexual and though my life is having plenty of struggles currently, i am the most comfortable with my identity then i've ever been. i've never met you but thank you so much for being a source of support for me groing up.
Getting a new video from miles was not on my 2024 bingo card but its the video I needed. I feel so behind in my life right now. I was a gifted kid with undiagnosed autism. I replaced the relationships I didn't have with my peers with overworking myself trying to hold up the world while I was simultaneously extremely physically and mentally ill. I was a leader in my community and I spent all my time supporting other people while not looking after myself. I'm 20 and feel so behind right now. "I'm 26 years old and I'm going to be 26" said everything. I thought I had everything figured out and my world was falling apart when I realized I didn't. This video reminded me that I don't have to know everything, and everybody else is just trying to figure there shit out too. Your words of wisdom have gotten me through it since I was 13, and I wish you all the love and well being.
ive been watching this channel since you had like 20K subs. what started as just some goofy entertainment has become very educational to me to see the ups and downs of someone discovering their identity. Im so glad you have reached a state of wholeness and happiness.
Miles thank you for being yourself and being visible. I'm a 20 year old trans guy who you unknowingly raised I watched your videos starting in 2015. I watched your life and I saw you as the older sibling I never had. You inspired me to live and be exactly who I am. I've graduated from uni and I just got my first full-time job in my field and next week I'm getting my legal name change. I'm almost 2 years on T and I'll be 1 year post op next month. I watched your top surgery videos the night before surgery and I just remember thinking "if he can do it I can too". Seeing this video made me so happy and I can't wait to see what's next for you.
3yrs on and I can comment on the reaction. Turns out I was reacting to the liquid it was suspended in. Wasn't bad enough I switched to a different type and just used hydrocortisone and antihistamines until my body developed more of a tolerance to it. I was worried they'd make me stop but I didn't have to. So, coming from a trans guy with pre-existing heart and endocrine issues, please let your doctors know.
its so crazy to think i found you when i was 9, and now im almost 19 talking to my therapist about transitioning. I discovered who I was through you, Miles. I struggled so much with suicidal thoughts and severe depression and your videos gave me hope. When you started your transition I couldnt wait for mine. Now it's so close I can almost taste it. So I just wanted to say, Thank you for raising me Miles, I don't think I would've ever made it without you.
I don't hunk you'll ever fully comprehend how much of an incredible force you've been to so many people. You said you were scared to not know, and to have mistakes- but that's actually helped me see you. It would be weird if you never faultered, if you never had setbacks and identity questions. Sidenote, I'm 6 months on T, I started getting tattoos, think my hair might be getting to the end of the several years of angst ridden hair dye. I'm back in college (even though I'm years behind now), I have an adoptive family now. And I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for people like you, seeing you lose it all and rebuild yourself. Seeing you gain that confidenxe and that strength- fuck man it saved me. Thank you
its so crazy how i’ve been subscribed to you for a decade now….so happy to see u back !! i hope you know you’ve helped so many people figuring out & accepting their identities (me included). thank you for everything, miles :’)
Miles, I have been watching your videos since the leg hair days. I wanted to thank you for being vulnerable in this video. You have helped a ton of people as you can see in these comments, me included. I’m sorry you felt so much pressure to be the perfect role model. I never realized how much you were struggling during those times. I understand why you chose not to share it. Seeing you talk about it now makes me feel like I’m seeing full real you for the first time. Not just the version that you felt like you had to present to us. And it makes me relate to you even more. I am extremely grateful that I’ve been able to watch you grow, and grow alongside you.
you had such a huge impact on me while i was coming out, like many people who commented you raised me, thank you for being you and helping so many queer and trans kids be comfortable with their identity. sincerely a queer kid from a country which doesn't like the fact that people like us exist :)
When you said- I'm hopeful- I almost bawled. I've been struggling to find words to put to what transition means to me and that's it-it gives me so much hope. Thanks for sharing your insecurities too, cuz I'm grieving so much- this body, my family that i will lose, the years of upbringing and things I've learnt. It truly feels like killing something or ending something and I'm looking forward to being reborn and learning more things about myself. I have been in so much pain and transitioning is one hope that makes me want to continue living. I love that you said-Its okay if you do it scared, as long as you just do it. I'm gonna hold that close through my surgery and other changes. I love you dude, you have truly saved my life in your own way and not in a way to make you feel pressured or responsible, though its so valid feeling that, i get that. But through you I've found words, comfort, strength, hope, love, like an older brother hugging me through the internet telling me its gonna be okay. I really needed that. It has been so isolating and all of your videos from the beginning, till today, has allowed me to be me. Thank you
Two things: 1. I'm so happy for you. This is a great video, and a really interesting retrospective, as someone who's watched you for years. I hope you find only peace and joy in doing the things you want to do. 2. PLEASE COME BACK, YOU GOT ME THROUGH 2016-2020 AND WE NEED YOU AGAIN but really I hope you do what YOU want BUT PLEASE
Your book changed my life. Not only that, saved my life. It's been a while since I've checked your content, but I'm glad to see things are going great for you, you definitely deserve it! Thanks for sharing your journey, you were someone I used to look up to a lot when I was feeling down. I don't know where I would be today or how if I hadn't watched your videos back then. Keep being yourself, no matter what!
This is so incredibly inspiring 🩷 I went to your tour in 2016-2017 and watching you be yourself in front of so many people was so amazing to see as a young teenager. I wish you nothing but happiness and continued growth Miles🤞🏼
the 26:00 mark hit so hard miles. you and i came out nearly the same time i think i beat you by a couple months. i would of found you through the fandom tumblr stuff you posted on here.,, but i always felt so jealous… knowing that you had your own struggle and pain in your journey beyond whats shown on screen helped me a lot. thank you for being honest with yourself and us! and the fact that everyone has different transitions is something i wish i could grab earlier in life
I’ve been watching you since you were pre-t and i was still in high school and you were always someone i looked up to as being my transition goal. Fast forward years later, i’ve been on t for 7 months now! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration and for being yourself, young me really needed that in order to be where i am today ❤
I worked out I was non-binary a few months before you first came out. My then cis bf couldn’t work out why I was so hyped about it (even though he knew I was enby -_-). I left him, worked a few new things out and am now dating an amazing trans woman. Thank you ❤
this is beautiful!!!! this is life!!!! this is death and rebirth!!! this is shedding skin over and over again, becoming someone else but also staying the same, this is love and loss, and successes and failures. As a cis woman although I don't necessarily share the same journey in a gender transitional way, I can share it in an emotional transitional way. I've been a dozen versions of myself in the last 10 years, some of which I don't even recognize anymore. Every stage of my life I've said to myself "I'm finally me" and then I turn around and it's been two years and I'm a whole different me and I hope two years from now, I will be another different me.
I love how you wrote this! I am always changing and evolving, and at each step I am the most developed person I have ever been. I am so different from past versions of me, but I recognize myself in all of them.
ive followed for many years and met you a handful of times, going through my own transition right along side of you. i loved see us reach different milestones at similar times, both slowly coming into our true selves. my teen self needed that. im so proud of you, and im proud of myself.
Miles, I've been watching you since I was 13. Back then, I also thought of myself as a masculine lesbian woman, but just a year later, I came out to my friends as trans. Now, I'm 22 years old, fully came out to family and friends, just changed my name legally and started hormonal therapy! Your videos helped me more than I could ever put into words, so I come here to say: Thank you. Truly. Thank you for who you are, and for helping me figure out who I am, too.
Miles was my main inspiration for cutting my hair past my shoulders for the first time. I know it might sound mundane. But, I was raised in a family where stereotypes of woman and man are important. I was in 8th grade (13 y/o, 2016) going into high school, so to match that transition, I cut my hair from my waist into a asymmetrical pixie.. quite a choice, I know. But without Miles and a few other openly queer UA-camrs I wouldn’t have had felt so seen, so connected. I wouldn’t ever had felt like it was ok to break away from the “norm” and explore my identity. So thankful ❤ and I am incredibly happy and overwhelmed with joy to see Miles thriving now so many years later.
You know your videos and book really helped me through my transition. I like the bad parts about transition as they’re honest and genuine. GOD I got such a beer gut from T
Miles I have loved to watch you grow into your true self, I have watched you turn into a very well spoken, driven, amazing person. Im honored you decided to share this vulnerable time with us, it taught me so much and it made me happy to see you become happy
I subscribed to your channel way back in 2014 and I remember that for a brief time you sold bracelets that said "Be authentically you". There's something bittersweet about you selling merch like that at a time in your life when you didn't feel like you were living as authentically you. While I've lost the bracelet years ago already, it's been a honor following you through your journey and it makes me so happy to see you now being authentically you ❤
MILES! HAS GOOD MANNERS AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS!!!! oh my god i've been subscribed to you since i was literally eleven years old and you've been so helpful and so crucial to my personal transition journey and i absolutely love the way you approach your topics and content (: i love you miles, i hope you're so well
I haven't finished the video yet but thank you for everything. Been a fan since before the haircut idk how long exactly but seeing you grow has been amazing
I've been here 12 years (thats insane, im insane) and I'm so glad you have gotten to this point. Its nice to see you back on UA-cam, Miles, looking forward to see you back on my screens in whatever capacity that is. 💗
I want to cry, I’ve been here since dyeing your leg hair purple. Truly an inspiration and you made me realize who I was. I contemplate it everyday but you’re my hope.
i met you in 2018 and i had you write down “human” with a crown and said it would be the first tattoo i ever get. it was my first tattoo and it reminds me every day that no matter how i identify at the end of the day i still have value as a human being
So happy to see you happy. Been around since close to when you had top surgery. I think it's so important for anyone who's been given any medication that's to help with their mental state, be they specifically mental health medication or not, need support with therapy. Like even if you're put on pain medication for chronic pain, like you need therapy to help. Anti depressants, you need therapy. No medication alone will fix you without therapy and support from people around you. So important. Thanks for helping that message x
Miles!!! I missed you so much! Thanks for sharing all this with us. Thanks for being you. You have brought joy and hope into our lives for so long. You have no idea how much rewatching some of your videos has helped me on bad days. I'm sorry to hear you weren't happy, but I'm glad to hear that you are happy now. Being true, being honest is important. And you were and still are very important to us. So thank you
Hey. I'm a trans woman. I've been transitioning for about 3-4 years. I watched a few Miles videos when I started realising my identity, but I never really related to them. I got that there was a commonality of being trans, but it didn't feel like me- which was totally okay. But watching this now, it's amazing to see how much this journey of transition can be so similar. If anyone wanted me to explain what transition is like, this is what I'd send them. I'd urge them to watch the whole thing. Arohanui Miles 💜
Miles you are soo loved ive been here since that one weird guy with the long hair was posting about british ghosts and like seeing you grow so much has been amazing and crazy thank you so much for helping me through some of the absolutely worst times in my life
I can still pinpoint the exact video when I started following you; when you collabed with the main duo for the Carmilla web series. Watching your journey helped me with my own gender exploration and expression over the years, it's so crazy to see how far we've come!
i love how he says "i cannot sing ...at all" ISTG I ONLY LISTEN TO THIS MANS SONG AND HIS ONLY * also alot of noahfinnce * BUT MAINLY HIM IF IM CRYING I PLAY HIM IF I FEEL LIKE HURTING MYSELF WHO DO I PLAY? HIMMM please dont stop music miles your so good dude
istg this man has been my saving grace while i was questioning and now i know im a guy so i personally thank him for helping me threw my hardests even though i may not be supported by my parents i still have my friends who love me
I’ve been watching you since the purple leg hair days, and seeing you create this life for yourself and grow into yourself makes me feel ohhh so proud! You glow from within now, and it shows
been watching since before you even came out as nonbinary and its been amazing watching you grow. ive been growing with you too, you helped me realize im also trans. thank you for the years of laughs and guidance through everything. and thank you for making me cry at 10am! im so happy for you miles and we love you very much.
I just found my old t shirt from Miles' Love is Love tour. I met Miles on that tour as a newer fan and kept watching for a while after. Thank you so much for everything you have put online. Miles, you are a genuinely sweet human and that tour and your videos were very impactful for me. I have also grown since your early videos. I now identify as just queer, but at your show I would have said pansuxual and cis. I have gone threw labels trying to find my exact place and never did, but your channel has always been a safe space to be wrong. To not know. Peace and love dude.
You helped me realize i was also trans and accept it i will forever be gratefull that you shared your process with the world cause it saved me i have been out as trans for 5 years now and i'm the happiest i've ever been it all started with your coming out video THANK YOU MILES
You raised me man, your videos were such a comfort to me growing up, im 20 now but you've been here making me feel better about myself and my identity since i was 11. I have every intention to really push and start medically transitioning in 2025 and i owe a lot of my journey to you. Thank you and im glad you are doing well now.
started watching when I thought I was just a very invested ally, now I'm 9 months on T. you've helped me so much throughout the years and I can't thank you enough!
Thank you❤ I'm still watching, still figuring things out. It's less so comparing my journey to yours and more like feeling not alone on my path. And that was even when I've watched your videos for years without realizing why
hey miles I had the same side effects, went off T for 2 years and now im back, don't know why but the side effects haven't come back. might be because I changed the type of testosterone. it was awful feeling like I didn't "belong" on T because of the side effects. thankfully I'm soooo much happier now
I'm so truly happy for you. I've been with you for a while, even before I transitioned too. Thank you for putting your journey online, but also putting this video up too. It's SO hard to put words to how you're feeling when you don't know what being trans is. And watching your journey condensed like this I think will be a great tool for others.
"i killed myself and i was reborn hundreds of times ... you don't need to end it all to begin again." thank you. your videos saved me, knowing that there was someone else out there who was having the same feelings that I did and do saved me. i have more plans for the future now than i ever have before and that is partly because of you. thank you.
Oh man. I just rewatched a cameo I bought from you in 2020, I was out as a trans man back then, you called me by my name in that video and it made me so happy. But since then I've had to go back into the closet. I've watched you since 2015, and every step of the way I was rooting for myself the same way I was rooting for you, to be happy in your own skin. Watching this, it just hit me harder than ever that I need to come out again. You've found happiness, maybe it's time for me to do the same, at 24 years of age. Thank you Miles.
Miles you and your story are one of my biggest drives to live authentically. In a time of unrelenting rage, you spoke about being who you are and taking pride in the confusion and work. Thank you for being a friend to turn to during my transition
Thank you for sharing this personal videos. It is so incredibly human, vulnerable and honest, that I want to cry. I am 25 and read your book this year and it changed my life entirely for the better. I am so grateful for this community. ❤ thank you for being yourself and sharing your experience!
Been here since the "dying my leg hair purple" vid. Good to see you on youtube again Miles!
Same
Same!
same here!!! crazy to think about how long it's been
Saaaaame
wow same, cant believe its been that long
"i'm really fucking happy." that's all i needed to hear, miles. so so glad you're happy and doing well. yeah, that's all. just wanted to say im very happy for you
I THOUGHT HE DIED WITH THAT TITLE!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN
Dude me too lol😭
Mate same... There was a lot of bad things going through my head for a second there-
WAY TO SCARE US ALL!!
i thought the same
The amount I sing/think "miles! has good manners, and that's. what. matters." is a lot. Your impact
vocal stim at this point tbh
NO LITERALLY
MILES!!!!! HAS GOOD MANNERS AND THAT’S WHAT MATTERS!!!!
I FORGOT ABOUT THIS OMG
This is like getting coffee with a childhood friend, so glad to hear you Miles !!
no joke, u raised me from 10-17😭
SAMEEEE never forget the purple leg hair.
SAME !!!
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omg i didn’t realize it’s been so long since i first watched him 🥺 he shaped sm of my humor growing up lol
SAME lol
i used to obsessively watch your transition video before i even realized i was trans. now i'm 21yrs old and have my first appointment with a doctor to discuss hrt next week. thanks for lowkey raising me
how did you realize??
@@lilacfields it took a while to get there tbh im not sure i could explain it in one message. it mostly took a lot of trial and error. trying new things, seeing what fit and what didnt
he helped me have the courage to get my first “boy” haircut. i showed my mom a pic of his hair and said yup just like that lol
@@heejinluvr that’s fine! i’m honestly just questioning my gender and have been for a while. i watched trans youtubers like miles all throughout middle and high school and have wondered what it’d be like if i could transition but i’m still unsure. i’ve arrived to the conclusion that i wish i was born a man and thats about it lol. seeing your experience makes me feel like i might figure it out one day 👍🏽 so thanks
@@prettyboyswag-_-1666 ahhh i used him as a reference for my first haircut too 😭
i’ve been watching you since your pre-transition, and your coming out video gave 12 year old me the courage to come out as well. i’ll be 20 in exactly a week, and i’m officially 2 weeks on testosterone. you’re truly an inspiration for me and i’m extremely grateful to have come across your channel when i did ❤️
@@Bunny08X3 i just turned 20 about a week ago - happy almost birthday, and congrats on starting t!
I turn 20 in October! Time goes by so far 🎉
Omg basically the same time line! With starting watching im 20, been on Testosterone for almost 20months and have top surgery in 2 weeks
I'm also 20 and two weeks on T!! Miles is a big reason for that, and I'm so happy that he shared this with us
i turned 20 a few days ago, about a week from my two years on T (i was going to start on my 18th birthday originally, after being in that system since i was 14, a 12 day pushback felt like a lot). hello fellow 20 year olds, lol.
Been here since old channel name. You are everything. The all. You're such a legend. Thank you for existing on this earth and letting yourself be seen.
I watched you in the midst of going to conversion therapy and going to gay camp. You helped me stay grounded in my identity and I’m so grateful I had you as one of my first queer role models. I would not be here if I didn’t have you to laugh with in the most depressing, oppressive years of my life. Thank you 🫶🏻
holy shit dude that's fking traumatising. i'm so glad you're out of there.
I'm glad you were able to overcome your oppressors and you live in your truth ❤ you're amazing!
I remember the dying leg hair purple days, great to see you're doing better now! :)
I'm just really happy to see you've reached a point in your life that you can be happy just being yourself, keep going :)
on behalf of myself and i’m sure many others, thank you for sharing your vulnerability online all these years. i know i wouldn’t be who i am today without the words and feelings that i learned to identify through your content. thank you for being such a good resource and influence on us young (or at least younger) queer folk
This 👆👆
100%! I'm 32 and Miles has helped me so much over the years, especially with so few trans role models in the past. Breaks my heart that he had so few peers and role models himself and makes me so happy he's found community as well as building it for us along the way 💜
I remember being 13, closeted, with hair down to my butt and afraid to show ankles. I attended church 3 times a week, I taught Bible classes to kindergarteners, I worked (under the table) for a little Mennonite bakery where I wore my hair back and prayed to a God who never saw me. I looked longingly at alt/queer people and just learned not to say anything about my admiration for them because of the weird looks I got.
Then, surfing UA-cam during my few hours of phone time, I found your channel. You had just come out and started transitioning, and so I started learning more and more about myself. I watched countless transition timelines and you really brought joy to something that was truly so scary for me.
Now I’m out, I have dyed hair and piercings, I don’t work for the Bible Belt anymore, and I’m a safe space for the queer kids around me. I can attribute so much of my hard, but mostly content life to the strength I found when I first saw you look at a camera and say “I’m Miles”. Thank you so much for being that person for me.
WOAH IT’S SO WILD GETTING A POST NOTIF FROM YOU! MISSED YOU MAN
Miles! Thank you! I am on a very similar journey, going from lesbian to non-binary to a trans dude who likes men. Thank you for sharing your journey and thoughts. I am 6 months on T this friday and I am happy with my progress. Things are crazy and tough sometimes, but I couldn't be happier. Can't wait to see where the transition takes me. Cheers to the whimsy and joy and pain and resilience and challenges of being who you are. Cheers.
The lesbian to gay trans man pipeline is so real
@@abbyb6958 indeed it is, I did the same thing lol
“Is anyone watching this rn?” Bro ur videos save my life 😭
I remember watching you sometimes back when I was 16 (2016)
And being in denial of my Nonbinary identity.
And today I'm almost 2 months post op from top surgery and I'm out to my family and friends since last year 🥰🏳️⚧️🌈
Happy for you :)
you literally helped me find my name with your “naming gods children” videos i will forever be grateful for you for helping me figure myself out and accepting myself❤️
i got my cat in 2016, i was 12. i named my cat miles after you. good lil reminder to check on this miles here and again!
miles, this video is going to be so important to so many people. while i don’t relate exactly to everything you experienced, i relate to a lot of it, so many people relate to this and the fact that they’ll be able to see this is so so valuable. 31:51 i’m still watching, thank you so much ❤️
i’m crying this is so nostalgic, 2015 fan here 🥲🩷
I just came back to say that Boys Will Be Boys is one of my favourite empowering songs. I would LOVE if you did more music. You are a gifted performer.
I’ve been watching since you were a little youngling in your parent’s house talking about Doctor Who. I remember the royalty free outro and you being psyched during your transistion that the group also made the outro with your new name instead of your dead name. I was literally just talking about you the other day. Your videos always helped me through my gender journey. Thank you.
dude I'm older than you but you've taught me a lot about myself through the years, been here since pre transition and you have helped me a lot
Our experiences are different in many ways, but I still reflect on yours a lot
thank you, for being you, for everything
you are amazing Miles McKenna
you’re a legend dude, you genuinely changed my life from 2015 onward. glad to see you’re doing well, i’m wishing you the best!!!!
i'm not even a transmasc, but growing up as a queer teen watching your videos helped me so much, i started watching in 2018 as a bisexual 13 yo cis boy, i'm now a 19 yo non-binary minsexual and though my life is having plenty of struggles currently, i am the most comfortable with my identity then i've ever been. i've never met you but thank you so much for being a source of support for me groing up.
This came at such a necessary time thank you for being comfortable to share this 🙏🏽
Getting a new video from miles was not on my 2024 bingo card but its the video I needed. I feel so behind in my life right now. I was a gifted kid with undiagnosed autism. I replaced the relationships I didn't have with my peers with overworking myself trying to hold up the world while I was simultaneously extremely physically and mentally ill. I was a leader in my community and I spent all my time supporting other people while not looking after myself. I'm 20 and feel so behind right now. "I'm 26 years old and I'm going to be 26" said everything. I thought I had everything figured out and my world was falling apart when I realized I didn't. This video reminded me that I don't have to know everything, and everybody else is just trying to figure there shit out too. Your words of wisdom have gotten me through it since I was 13, and I wish you all the love and well being.
ive been watching this channel since you had like 20K subs. what started as just some goofy entertainment has become very educational to me to see the ups and downs of someone discovering their identity. Im so glad you have reached a state of wholeness and happiness.
T1J! I love your videos
Miles thank you for being yourself and being visible. I'm a 20 year old trans guy who you unknowingly raised I watched your videos starting in 2015. I watched your life and I saw you as the older sibling I never had. You inspired me to live and be exactly who I am. I've graduated from uni and I just got my first full-time job in my field and next week I'm getting my legal name change. I'm almost 2 years on T and I'll be 1 year post op next month. I watched your top surgery videos the night before surgery and I just remember thinking "if he can do it I can too". Seeing this video made me so happy and I can't wait to see what's next for you.
omg i remember watching your videos since 2015
3yrs on and I can comment on the reaction.
Turns out I was reacting to the liquid it was suspended in. Wasn't bad enough I switched to a different type and just used hydrocortisone and antihistamines until my body developed more of a tolerance to it.
I was worried they'd make me stop but I didn't have to. So, coming from a trans guy with pre-existing heart and endocrine issues, please let your doctors know.
This! Gel may also be an option for him.
its so crazy to think i found you when i was 9, and now im almost 19 talking to my therapist about transitioning. I discovered who I was through you, Miles. I struggled so much with suicidal thoughts and severe depression and your videos gave me hope. When you started your transition I couldnt wait for mine. Now it's so close I can almost taste it. So I just wanted to say, Thank you for raising me Miles, I don't think I would've ever made it without you.
Oh my god. Hi Miles. We’re so proud of you!! So glad to see you again buddy. So excited to watch this video. Hope you’re well!!
I wouldn’t be who I was today if it was not for you, I am now 4 months post top surgery and I feel like I was not alone through it all bc of you
I don't hunk you'll ever fully comprehend how much of an incredible force you've been to so many people. You said you were scared to not know, and to have mistakes- but that's actually helped me see you. It would be weird if you never faultered, if you never had setbacks and identity questions.
Sidenote, I'm 6 months on T, I started getting tattoos, think my hair might be getting to the end of the several years of angst ridden hair dye. I'm back in college (even though I'm years behind now), I have an adoptive family now. And I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for people like you, seeing you lose it all and rebuild yourself. Seeing you gain that confidenxe and that strength- fuck man it saved me.
Thank you
Seeing you on Goosebumps was fun!! I was like that looks a lot like miles, went to IMDB and thought it was cool you made it on such a good show!
Most calm Miles video, it’s uncanny. Love to see you back King! 💖
its so crazy how i’ve been subscribed to you for a decade now….so happy to see u back !! i hope you know you’ve helped so many people figuring out & accepting their identities (me included). thank you for everything, miles :’)
Miles, I have been watching your videos since the leg hair days. I wanted to thank you for being vulnerable in this video. You have helped a ton of people as you can see in these comments, me included. I’m sorry you felt so much pressure to be the perfect role model. I never realized how much you were struggling during those times. I understand why you chose not to share it. Seeing you talk about it now makes me feel like I’m seeing full real you for the first time. Not just the version that you felt like you had to present to us. And it makes me relate to you even more. I am extremely grateful that I’ve been able to watch you grow, and grow alongside you.
this video is so powerful actually
you had such a huge impact on me while i was coming out, like many people who commented you raised me, thank you for being you and helping so many queer and trans kids be comfortable with their identity. sincerely a queer kid from a country which doesn't like the fact that people like us exist :)
When you said- I'm hopeful- I almost bawled. I've been struggling to find words to put to what transition means to me and that's it-it gives me so much hope. Thanks for sharing your insecurities too, cuz I'm grieving so much- this body, my family that i will lose, the years of upbringing and things I've learnt. It truly feels like killing something or ending something and I'm looking forward to being reborn and learning more things about myself. I have been in so much pain and transitioning is one hope that makes me want to continue living. I love that you said-Its okay if you do it scared, as long as you just do it. I'm gonna hold that close through my surgery and other changes. I love you dude, you have truly saved my life in your own way and not in a way to make you feel pressured or responsible, though its so valid feeling that, i get that. But through you I've found words, comfort, strength, hope, love, like an older brother hugging me through the internet telling me its gonna be okay. I really needed that. It has been so isolating and all of your videos from the beginning, till today, has allowed me to be me. Thank you
Two things:
1. I'm so happy for you. This is a great video, and a really interesting retrospective, as someone who's watched you for years. I hope you find only peace and joy in doing the things you want to do.
2. PLEASE COME BACK, YOU GOT ME THROUGH 2016-2020 AND WE NEED YOU AGAIN but really I hope you do what YOU want BUT PLEASE
Your book changed my life. Not only that, saved my life. It's been a while since I've checked your content, but I'm glad to see things are going great for you, you definitely deserve it! Thanks for sharing your journey, you were someone I used to look up to a lot when I was feeling down. I don't know where I would be today or how if I hadn't watched your videos back then. Keep being yourself, no matter what!
This is so incredibly inspiring 🩷 I went to your tour in 2016-2017 and watching you be yourself in front of so many people was so amazing to see as a young teenager. I wish you nothing but happiness and continued growth Miles🤞🏼
the 26:00 mark hit so hard miles. you and i came out nearly the same time i think i beat you by a couple months. i would of found you through the fandom tumblr stuff you posted on here.,, but i always felt so jealous… knowing that you had your own struggle and pain in your journey beyond whats shown on screen helped me a lot. thank you for being honest with yourself and us! and the fact that everyone has different transitions is something i wish i could grab earlier in life
I’ve been watching you since you were pre-t and i was still in high school and you were always someone i looked up to as being my transition goal. Fast forward years later, i’ve been on t for 7 months now! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration and for being yourself, young me really needed that in order to be where i am today ❤
I worked out I was non-binary a few months before you first came out. My then cis bf couldn’t work out why I was so hyped about it (even though he knew I was enby -_-). I left him, worked a few new things out and am now dating an amazing trans woman. Thank you ❤
omg Miles, you literally saved my life, your journey showed me that i can really learn to be myself and im sooo thankful for your existance😭😭
this is beautiful!!!! this is life!!!! this is death and rebirth!!! this is shedding skin over and over again, becoming someone else but also staying the same, this is love and loss, and successes and failures. As a cis woman although I don't necessarily share the same journey in a gender transitional way, I can share it in an emotional transitional way. I've been a dozen versions of myself in the last 10 years, some of which I don't even recognize anymore. Every stage of my life I've said to myself "I'm finally me" and then I turn around and it's been two years and I'm a whole different me and I hope two years from now, I will be another different me.
I love how you wrote this! I am always changing and evolving, and at each step I am the most developed person I have ever been. I am so different from past versions of me, but I recognize myself in all of them.
The way I GASPED when I saw your video on my feed?! I’ve been following since the early EAAAARLY days. I’m tremendously happy for you!
ive followed for many years and met you a handful of times, going through my own transition right along side of you. i loved see us reach different milestones at similar times, both slowly coming into our true selves. my teen self needed that. im so proud of you, and im proud of myself.
watching you transition really helped me through mine, and i’m glad to see you so happy now!!
i’m getting top surgery in a month and a half!
Miles, I've been watching you since I was 13.
Back then, I also thought of myself as a masculine lesbian woman, but just a year later, I came out to my friends as trans.
Now, I'm 22 years old, fully came out to family and friends, just changed my name legally and started hormonal therapy!
Your videos helped me more than I could ever put into words, so I come here to say:
Thank you.
Truly. Thank you for who you are, and for helping me figure out who I am, too.
congrats bro 🤝🎉
@jumies4056 thanks brother 🤝🤝
I thought he was quitting youtube or something I was so worried
he kinda did tho
Miles was my main inspiration for cutting my hair past my shoulders for the first time. I know it might sound mundane. But, I was raised in a family where stereotypes of woman and man are important.
I was in 8th grade (13 y/o, 2016) going into high school, so to match that transition, I cut my hair from my waist into a asymmetrical pixie.. quite a choice, I know. But without Miles and a few other openly queer UA-camrs I wouldn’t have had felt so seen, so connected. I wouldn’t ever had felt like it was ok to break away from the “norm” and explore my identity.
So thankful ❤ and I am incredibly happy and overwhelmed with joy to see Miles thriving now so many years later.
You know your videos and book really helped me through my transition. I like the bad parts about transition as they’re honest and genuine. GOD I got such a beer gut from T
Miles I have loved to watch you grow into your true self, I have watched you turn into a very well spoken, driven, amazing person. Im honored you decided to share this vulnerable time with us, it taught me so much and it made me happy to see you become happy
I subscribed to your channel way back in 2014 and I remember that for a brief time you sold bracelets that said "Be authentically you". There's something bittersweet about you selling merch like that at a time in your life when you didn't feel like you were living as authentically you. While I've lost the bracelet years ago already, it's been a honor following you through your journey and it makes me so happy to see you now being authentically you ❤
MILES! HAS GOOD MANNERS AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS!!!!
oh my god i've been subscribed to you since i was literally eleven years old and you've been so helpful and so crucial to my personal transition journey and i absolutely love the way you approach your topics and content (: i love you miles, i hope you're so well
I haven't finished the video yet but thank you for everything. Been a fan since before the haircut idk how long exactly but seeing you grow has been amazing
I've been here 12 years (thats insane, im insane) and I'm so glad you have gotten to this point. Its nice to see you back on UA-cam, Miles, looking forward to see you back on my screens in whatever capacity that is. 💗
MILES CHRONICLES VIDEO?!! IN 2024?!!!
I want to cry, I’ve been here since dyeing your leg hair purple. Truly an inspiration and you made me realize who I was. I contemplate it everyday but you’re my hope.
very old fan here, i'm just so happy to see you thrive. this video made me cry. i wish nothing but the best for you
i met you in 2018 and i had you write down “human” with a crown and said it would be the first tattoo i ever get. it was my first tattoo and it reminds me every day that no matter how i identify at the end of the day i still have value as a human being
so nice to hear from you again !! been here since like 2014 you have inspired me so much throughout my own transition thank u for everything
So happy to see you happy. Been around since close to when you had top surgery.
I think it's so important for anyone who's been given any medication that's to help with their mental state, be they specifically mental health medication or not, need support with therapy. Like even if you're put on pain medication for chronic pain, like you need therapy to help. Anti depressants, you need therapy. No medication alone will fix you without therapy and support from people around you. So important. Thanks for helping that message x
Miles!!! I missed you so much! Thanks for sharing all this with us. Thanks for being you.
You have brought joy and hope into our lives for so long. You have no idea how much rewatching some of your videos has helped me on bad days. I'm sorry to hear you weren't happy, but I'm glad to hear that you are happy now. Being true, being honest is important. And you were and still are very important to us. So thank you
MILES!! I miss you! You were one of the first UA-camrs I ever watched. Thank you for all you do ❤
Hey. I'm a trans woman. I've been transitioning for about 3-4 years. I watched a few Miles videos when I started realising my identity, but I never really related to them. I got that there was a commonality of being trans, but it didn't feel like me- which was totally okay.
But watching this now, it's amazing to see how much this journey of transition can be so similar. If anyone wanted me to explain what transition is like, this is what I'd send them. I'd urge them to watch the whole thing.
Arohanui Miles 💜
duuuuude no way i was literally randomly thinking about you like last week! so happy to see you
OMG YOU'RE ALIVE, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN AGES MAN. Glad to see you doing well
Miles you are soo loved ive been here since that one weird guy with the long hair was posting about british ghosts and like seeing you grow so much has been amazing and crazy thank you so much for helping me through some of the absolutely worst times in my life
I can still pinpoint the exact video when I started following you; when you collabed with the main duo for the Carmilla web series. Watching your journey helped me with my own gender exploration and expression over the years, it's so crazy to see how far we've come!
watching your videos really was the push that made me change my name and i’ve truly been the happiest, even if i haven’t made any physical changes.
i love how he says "i cannot sing ...at all" ISTG I ONLY LISTEN TO THIS MANS SONG AND HIS ONLY * also alot of noahfinnce * BUT MAINLY HIM IF IM CRYING I PLAY HIM IF I FEEL LIKE HURTING MYSELF WHO DO I PLAY? HIMMM please dont stop music miles your so good dude
I’m so happy you made this video. I’m very glad you never gave up no matter how tough it got and you’re living your dream life now. You deserve it.
istg this man has been my saving grace while i was questioning and now i know im a guy so i personally thank him for helping me threw my hardests even though i may not be supported by my parents i still have my friends who love me
I’ve been watching you since the purple leg hair days, and seeing you create this life for yourself and grow into yourself makes me feel ohhh so proud! You glow from within now, and it shows
been watching since before you even came out as nonbinary and its been amazing watching you grow. ive been growing with you too, you helped me realize im also trans. thank you for the years of laughs and guidance through everything. and thank you for making me cry at 10am! im so happy for you miles and we love you very much.
I just found my old t shirt from Miles' Love is Love tour. I met Miles on that tour as a newer fan and kept watching for a while after. Thank you so much for everything you have put online. Miles, you are a genuinely sweet human and that tour and your videos were very impactful for me. I have also grown since your early videos. I now identify as just queer, but at your show I would have said pansuxual and cis. I have gone threw labels trying to find my exact place and never did, but your channel has always been a safe space to be wrong. To not know. Peace and love dude.
You helped me realize i was also trans and accept it i will forever be gratefull that you shared your process with the world cause it saved me i have been out as trans for 5 years now and i'm the happiest i've ever been it all started with your coming out video THANK YOU MILES
You raised me man, your videos were such a comfort to me growing up, im 20 now but you've been here making me feel better about myself and my identity since i was 11. I have every intention to really push and start medically transitioning in 2025 and i owe a lot of my journey to you. Thank you and im glad you are doing well now.
loved ya then, love ya now. it's been cool growing up alongside ya (albeit digitally). proud of you! proud of me!
started watching when I thought I was just a very invested ally, now I'm 9 months on T. you've helped me so much throughout the years and I can't thank you enough!
HOLY SHIT YOURE BACK!!!!!
Thank you❤ I'm still watching, still figuring things out. It's less so comparing my journey to yours and more like feeling not alone on my path. And that was even when I've watched your videos for years without realizing why
hey miles I had the same side effects, went off T for 2 years and now im back, don't know why but the side effects haven't come back. might be because I changed the type of testosterone. it was awful feeling like I didn't "belong" on T because of the side effects. thankfully I'm soooo much happier now
I'm so truly happy for you. I've been with you for a while, even before I transitioned too. Thank you for putting your journey online, but also putting this video up too. It's SO hard to put words to how you're feeling when you don't know what being trans is. And watching your journey condensed like this I think will be a great tool for others.
Yo what? Same surgeon! I got top surgery from Dr. Mosser a little over 2 months ago!
"i killed myself and i was reborn hundreds of times ... you don't need to end it all to begin again."
thank you. your videos saved me, knowing that there was someone else out there who was having the same feelings that I did and do saved me. i have more plans for the future now than i ever have before and that is partly because of you. thank you.
RAAAAA 😮😮😮❤❤❤ I ORDERED YOUR BOOK OFF AMAZON RECENTLY AND ITS COMING TODAYS 2 DAYS EARLY ❤❤
Oh man. I just rewatched a cameo I bought from you in 2020, I was out as a trans man back then, you called me by my name in that video and it made me so happy. But since then I've had to go back into the closet. I've watched you since 2015, and every step of the way I was rooting for myself the same way I was rooting for you, to be happy in your own skin. Watching this, it just hit me harder than ever that I need to come out again. You've found happiness, maybe it's time for me to do the same, at 24 years of age. Thank you Miles.
I just realised I think I've watched you since 2016? :O
Miles you and your story are one of my biggest drives to live authentically. In a time of unrelenting rage, you spoke about being who you are and taking pride in the confusion and work. Thank you for being a friend to turn to during my transition
I MISSED YOU!
Thank you for sharing this personal videos. It is so incredibly human, vulnerable and honest, that I want to cry. I am 25 and read your book this year and it changed my life entirely for the better. I am so grateful for this community. ❤ thank you for being yourself and sharing your experience!