Julia Kaye's Up and Out Is a Personal Look at Life in Transition
A series of short comics called Up and Out by Julia Kaye is providing a personal look into life in transition, both in the early days and years later. Transition is an extremely personal affair unique to every person, with each journey having a different path. Because of this, it can also be a topic that not everyone feels comfortable sharing. For some trans people though, sharing their transition with others can be both a cathartic experience and a chance to promote wider understanding, and these are things that Kaye does in the world of web comics.
Julia Kaye is a comic artist who currently works with Disney as a storyboard artist and revisionist, with her most notable work being the Disney Channel series Big City Greens. She still continues to draw some of her own web comics to share with an online audience, including discussions about her life and the occasional non-sequitur gag. She has become a recognizable trans artist among the LGBTQIA+ community, and it all started with a series of mini autobiographical comics.
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In 2016, Julia began her transition as a trans woman, and she decided to share these moments of her life in the medium she knows best: comics. For the first year of her transition, she posted a new comic every day, giving her readers a glimpse at her life as she goes through the highs and lows. These comics are a raw and honest look into her life, exploring dysphoria, euphoria, experiences with loved ones, obstacles she faces along the way and above all her building of self-confidence. She's not afraid to talk about the darker days because they're a reality in her life, but when she talks about the good days, it makes them
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