Grace Hyland

Grace Elizabeth Stevenson, known professionally as Grace Hyland, is an Australian TikToker, internet personality, and LGBTQ rights activist. She is the daughter of actor Mat Stevenson.

Grace Hyland
Born
Grace Hyland
OccupationTikToker, internet personality, and LGBTQ rights activist
Years active2019–present
Known forLGBTQ rights activist

Biography

Hyland is the daughter of Australian actor Mat Stevenson, known for playing Adam Cameron in the soap opera Home and Away.[1]

When Hyland was twelve years old she came out to her family as transgender; first to her stepmother and then to her father, mother, and sister.[1][2] An advocate for hormone blockers for transgender youth, Hyland stated that she saw went to a gender clinic for a year before being allowed to start hormone replacement therapy.[1][3] She publicly changed her name to Grace when she was fourteen years old.[1][4]

In 2020, Hyland amassed a large social media following, with 133,000 followers on the social media platforms TikTok and Instagram, where she uploads videos about life as a transgender woman.[1] She uses her online platform to address issues pertaining to transgender people, and answering questions about the experiences of transgender people.[1][4]

In January 2021, Hyland and her father appeared on The Sunday Project to talk about their experiences and issues facing transgender people in Australia.[2][5][6]

Hyland is an aspiring actress and stated that she would like to play a transgender character in a television series.[7][8]

References
  1. "Life as a transgender child. Grace Hyland shares". mamamia.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. "Grace Hyland and Mat Stevenson talk trans issues on The Sunday Project | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site". news.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. "Home And Away star Mat Stevenson adopts trans daughter Grace Hyland's BFF Belle Bambi | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site". news.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. "Mat Stevenson adopts daughter Grace Hyland's transgender best friend after biological father rejected her - 9Honey". honey.nine.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. "Home And Away actor Mat Stevenson on transgender daughter's journey". au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. "Home and Away actor Mat Stevenson and transgender daughter Grace Hyland on The Sunday Project". NZ Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  7. "Grace Hyland: the transgender star of TikTok, daughter of Mat Stevenson wants to become an actress". UK Time News. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  8. "Grace Hyland: Transgender TikTok star, daughter of Mat Stevenson wants to be an actress • USMAIL24". usmail24.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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