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Trans woman Dylan Mulvaney was this week named "Woman Of The Year" by Virgin Atlantic and British LGBTQ magazine Attitude.
The Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards took place on Wednesday at Camden's Roundhouse in London sponsored by Jaguar. The event saw Dylan take to the podium to accept her award as she admitted her surprise after it being just "560 days" since she came out as trans.
She said: "I am so honored to be with you all tonight, and you know, some see me as the woman of the year, some see me as a woman of a year and some change, as I only publicly came out online 560 days ago, and some people don’t see me as a woman at all."
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Dylan was named Woman Of The Year this week (Matt Baron/BEI/REX/Shutterstock)
Dylan gave an emotional acceptance speech (Brett D. Cove / SplashNews.com)Influencer Dylan then admitted her gratitude over being handed the "honour from a queer publication like Attitude" saying it "means so much more to me." Attitude later profiled Dylan in a feature focusing on the winners writing: "Through her ‘Days of Girlhood’ series, Dylan Mulvaney shared the everyday highs and lows of her transitioning experience with the world and gained 12 million followers in the process. Fame, advertising campaigns - and controversy - followed."
During her acceptance speech Dylan made note of how "hateful people" had made things difficult for her. She said: "No matter how hard I try, or what I wear, or what I say, or what surgeries I get, I will never reach an acceptable version of womanhood by those hateful people’s standards, but as long as I have the queer community that sees me for my truth, I’m gonna be okay."
Dylan also expressed her joy at being in the UK to get her award as she didn’t have "that baggage that I was carrying back in the U.S."
Dylan previously faced a backlash from Bud Light consumers (Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)She added: "And I didn’t feel like the trans beer girl. You know, I didn’t walk into rooms and wonder, ‘Oh does that person hate me?’ I was just another gal walking around in a Burberry trench on her way to a West End musical."
Dylan previously faced a backlash when beer brand Bud Light partnered with her for an Instagram campaign that saw her face printed on customised beer cans. The resulting boycott saw the brand lose billions in revenue and market value.
Dylan later criticised Bud Light for a lack of support after the promotion brought "more transphobia than I could’ve ever imagined."