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The TikTok creator formerly known as Bela Delgado announced on June 3 that he is detransitioning after attending an "exploratory therapy camp" referred by his church, and will now be referred to on the platform as "TopHer," a play on his birth name, Christopher.
"A lot of people have been asking me to address the elephant in the room," Delgado said in the video. "Obviously, my display name is no longer Bela Delgado. It now says 'TopHer,' which is inspired by the name Christopher, my real name. I was born a male named Christopher Delgado."
Once known for stirring controversy online with his cultural commentary on public figures like Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, including a notable feud with actress Julia Fox, Delgado has built a large following on TikTok in the 2020s. In the new video, posted Wednesday, Delgado said that after first publicly identifying as a transgender woman at age 18 in 2017, "that has changed."
"After years of going on and off of medication and hormones and what not and trying to see why my head was in such a dark place, I decided that I was going to take some advice from my church," Delgado said. "I am a devout Christian. I have been since I was a child and my transgender identity was always kind of awkwardly balanced with that."
The TikTok creator formerly known as Bela Delgado announced on June 3 that he is detransitioning after attending an "exploratory therapy camp" referred by his church, and will now be referred to on the platform as "TopHer," a play on his birth name, Christopher.
"A lot of people have been asking me to address the elephant in the room," Delgado said in the video. "Obviously, my display name is no longer Bela Delgado. It now says 'TopHer,' which is inspired by the name Christopher, my real name. I was born a male named Christopher Delgado."
Once known for stirring controversy online with his cultural commentary on public figures like Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, including a notable feud with actress Julia Fox, Delgado has built a large following on TikTok in the 2020s. In the new video, posted Wednesday, Delgado said that after first publicly identifying as a transgender woman at age 18 in 2017, "that has changed."
"After years of going on and off of medication and hormones and what not and trying to see why my head was in such a dark place, I decided that I was going to take some advice from my church," Delgado said. "I am a devout Christian. I have been since I was a child and my transgender identity was always kind of awkwardly balanced with that."
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