“ With 15, I jumped off a five-metre high bridge onto the street below and fractured a vertebra. At 20, I finally changed my name and pronouns, and began taking testosterone. At 21 and 23, I moved across Europe twice to study art.

These events stand out because they were my own decisions in a flow of coincidences. I chose to transform my body from battle ground to powerful space. “

Frederik Marroquin