Watts, whom he considers his father, has played in his life.) Adu-Watts changed his surname to reflect the role Mr. The groom’s mother and her partner, Ian Watts, live in England. “His parents and family and my father and family are all overseas.” (Her father, Eric Shakeshaft, lives in Lithuania. “But we travel quite frequently overseas to visit our extended families,” Ms. Adu-Watts, 24, is a model and artist from London. Shakeshaft, 24, is a hairdresser and artist from Fresno. “He ended up moving in right away and since that day we’ve stayed together,” Ms. Adu-Watts finally flew from England to Fresno, Calif., so the pair could meet in person. “The back and forth of FaceTime and messaging went on until Nov. Adu-Watts responded to her message minutes later. “I come from a very conservative area and went to conservative schools and it was never really talked about in positive ways.” Watching him go through the process, she says, made her realize it wasn’t something people had any reason to judge. “I didn’t know anyone transgender and I’ve not seen anyone go through that process,” Ms. The couple initially met in May 2019 through Instagram. As fate would have it, Sade’s transgender son, Izaak Theo Adu-Watts, sang on that track, and, on April 16, Ms. One of the songs in that soundtrack that her mother curated was “Babyfather” by the Grammy Award-winning singer Sade. "Big up to my Mumma, Pappa, family and friends for all the support you give me on the daily, it’ll never be forgotten.The soundtrack of Emily Margaret Shakeshaft’s childhood became a means of comfort and grounding as she grew older. “I just have to remind myself to be patient sometimes as I’m sure we all do," he added. “My dad always says ‘keep your eyes on the horizon’ and that’s what I do, because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED,” Adu continued. He ended the post on a positive note by quoting his father producer, Bob Morgan, and thanking his parents for their encouragement. “I often ask myself ‘why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am’ but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end.” “This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol),” he wrote. Big up to my Mumma, Pappa, family and friends for all the support you give me on the daily, it’ll never be forgotten ☺️ ? #ftm #trans #transgender #transman #tpoc #tmoc #selfmademan #phalloplasty #thisiswhattranslookslike #yaaaaasĪ post shared by Izaak Theo on at 2:01pm PDT My dad always says “keep your eyes on the horizon” and that’s what I do, because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED, I just have to remind myself to be patient sometimes as I’m sure we all do. This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol) I often ask myself “why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am” but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end.
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