Art

In April 2024, I came out. I sent everyone an email with a poster explaining that I am a woman on the inside and always have been. I illustrate this through my art, which depicts my inner woman. I am my art; my art is me. I am a colourful TransWoman.

It is a moment of clear declaration, a message to everyone. Many already knew. Sometimes, though, not really. Or they didn’t believe it. But it is actually true. It is true! I am a woman in a man’s body! I want to be recognised and seen as a TransWoman.

I love myself as a woman, and take great joy in being one. Like my art, it is full of joy, and full of womanhood!

Coming out actually happens whenever I’m in public spaces. For example, when I’m shopping. In a restaurant. In negotiations with the bank. Also on my website. And, of course, with new guests at my B&B.

I only leave the house as a TransWoman. Sometimes it takes a bit of courage. I always have the joy and desire to show myself. I live it in everyday life; there’s no other way – I am a woman every second. Always colourful!

What and how is the TransWoman? What and how am I? I have to work it out, feel my way towards it. With curiosity and also intuition. There is much to understand. About myself and the body. About the past, the present, and the future. Although the present is the most important. How do I deal with it now? How can and do I want to live it now? I want to celebrate it! In the here and now!

I’m not making anything official. Nowhere. For the state, there are only men and women. I can’t register as a TransWoman. My name is now female, and French. From Clemens to Clémence. Unofficially.