Dylan Mulvaney

{{Short description|American social media personality (born 1996)}}

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| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

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| years_active = 2015–present

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Dylan Mulvaney (born December 29, 1996) is an American social media personality known for detailing her gender transition in daily videos published on TikTok since early 2022. Before coming out as a transgender woman and launching her internet career, Mulvaney performed as a stage actor in Old Globe Theatre, Off-Broadway, and Broadway productions. She gained a higher profile on social media platforms after her interview with U.S. president Joe Biden at the White House, during which they spoke about transgender rights. After Bud Light sent a beer can with her face printed on it to Mulvaney for an Instagram promotion in 2023, American conservatives led a boycott of the brand.

By 2023, Mulvaney had more than 10 million followers on TikTok,{{cite web|work=Cosmopolitan|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a42429116/dylan-mulvaney-facial-feminisation-surgery-healing/|title=Dylan Mulvaney says she's the "happiest" she's ever been after face surgery|author=Biggs, Jade|date=January 9, 2023|access-date=January 20, 2023|archive-date=January 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120223503/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a42429116/dylan-mulvaney-facial-feminisation-surgery-healing/|url-status=live}} while her video series, Days of Girlhood, had received over one billion views.{{cite news |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |title=TikTok's Discover List 2022: Meet 50 Creators Who Are Making a Global Impact (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/lists/tiktok-discover-list-2022/dylan-mulvaney-dylanmulvaney-california-usa/ |access-date=November 27, 2022 |work=Variety |date=November 15, 2022 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127192527/https://variety.com/lists/tiktok-discover-list-2022/dylan-mulvaney-dylanmulvaney-california-usa/ |url-status=live }} In 2023, Mulvaney received a Queerties Groundbreaker Award, a Streamy Award, and Attitude's Woman of the Year Award. She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in November 2023. In 2024, Mulvaney released her debut single "Days of Girlhood" through the independent digital music distribution service DistroKid. In 2025, Mulvaney released her memoir, Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer.

Early life and education

Mulvaney was born on December 29, 1996,{{cite instagram |user=dylanmulvaney |postid=Bmq_lpahTKa |title=The things I would tell this baby… |date=August 19, 2018}} image reads Name Dylan James Mulvaney Born at 10:10 am On Dec. 29, 1996 in San Diego, and grew up in Del Mar Heights and Carmel Valley.{{cite web |url= https://thecoastnews.com/students-star-in-downtown-birdie-production|title= Student's star in downtown 'Birdie' production|date= May 9, 2010|website= The Coast News|publisher= Coast News Group|access-date= June 15, 2024}} She was raised in a devout Catholic family.{{cite web |url= https://www.distractify.com/p/dylan-mulvaney-religion|title= Dylan Mulvaney Wants to Maintain Her Faith While Being Openly Trans — What Is Her Religion?|last= Cadorniga|first= Callie|date= April 28, 2023|website= Distractify |access-date= June 15, 2024}} Mulvaney's

mother is Donna Mulvaney,{{cite web|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/525887-meet-dylan-mulvaneys-parents-donna-james-mulvaney/|title=Meet Dylan Mulvaney's parents, Donna and James Mulvaney|date=October 27, 2023|author=Salasya, Bill Cyril|publisher=Tuko.co.ke}} her father, James F. Mulvaney Jr., is an insurance executive and philanthropist.{{cite web |url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2017/03/21/super-volunteer-opens-his-heart-and-his-oven-baking-about-500-cookies-a-week/|title= Super volunteer opens his heart and his oven, baking about 500 cookies a week|last= Peterson|first= Karla|date= March 21, 2017|website= The San Diego Union-Tribune|publisher= Alden Global Capital|access-date= June 15, 2024}} She is the granddaughter of James F. Mulvaney Sr., an investment banker and attorney who was the president of the United States National Bank of San Diego and the president of the San Diego Padres.{{cite web |url= https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2023/apr/26/radar-cookies-and-beer/|title= All the Dylan Mulvaney San Diego connections|last= Potter|first= Matt|date= April 26, 2023|website= San Diego Reader|publisher= Jim Holman|access-date= June 15, 2024}}

Mulvaney attended Cathedral Catholic High School, where she was a member of the glee club.{{cite web |url= http://pressarchive.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/grinch_2011_press.html|title= Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!|author= |date= November 19, 2011|website= Old Globe Theatre|access-date= June 15, 2024}} She graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater.{{cite news |last1=Butts |first1=Rebecca |title=School, Stage & Screen Season Finale: Luck be a Lady Gaga |url=https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/03/school-stage--screen-podcast-on-entertainment-industry-launches-april-5.html |website=UC News |publisher=University of Cincinnati |access-date=November 7, 2022 |date=June 14, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107213339/https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/03/school-stage--screen-podcast-on-entertainment-industry-launches-april-5.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/dylan-mulvaney-on-transitioning-and-becoming-a-tiktok-trailblazer/ |title=Dylan Mulvaney On Transitioning and Becoming a TikTok 'Trailblazer' |first=Julius |last=Miller |date=June 1, 2022 |newspaper=Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024225343/https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/dylan-mulvaney-on-transitioning-and-becoming-a-tiktok-trailblazer/ |url-status=live }}

Career

= 2015–2022: Acting roles and social media fame =

Following her graduation from college, Mulvaney acted in the role of Elder White in the musical The Book of Mormon;{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/celebrity-style/a41298271/dylan-mulvaney-tiktok-fashion-tiffany-necklace/ |title=TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney's Tiffany Necklace Is a Gift to Her Younger Self |date=September 27, 2022 |work=Elle |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024085840/https://www.elle.com/fashion/celebrity-style/a41298271/dylan-mulvaney-tiktok-fashion-tiffany-necklace/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/features/tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-profile/article_fec8357c-49ad-11ed-9f74-fb47abff70d5.html |work=San Diego Magazine |title=Dylan Mulvaney on Transitioning in Front of Millions |last=Sitton |first=Kendra |date=October 26, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026200702/https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/features/tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-profile/article_fec8357c-49ad-11ed-9f74-fb47abff70d5.html |url-status=live }} the role led her to tour the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Other acting roles included How The Grinch Stole Christmas! at the Old Globe Theatre; 8 at the Birch North Park Theatre; Next to Normal at Arts Off Broadway; Legally Blonde; Spring Awakening; Bye Bye Birdie; and High School Musical at ACT San Diego.{{cite web |title=Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.cygnettheatre.com/who-we-are/artists/dylan-mulvaney/ |website=Cygnet Theatre |date=December 7, 2017 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102231624/https://www.cygnettheatre.com/who-we-are/artists/dylan-mulvaney/ |url-status=live }}

Around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, Mulvaney began posting videos to TikTok, which usually garnered a few hundred thousand views.{{cite news |url=https://observer.com/2022/09/tiktok-watched-dylan-mulvaney-become-a-woman-one-day-at-a-time/ |title=TikTok Watched Dylan Mulvaney Become a Woman One Day at a Time |date=September 10, 2022 |last=Jones |first=Rachyl |work=The New York Observer |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926165628/https://observer.com/2022/09/tiktok-watched-dylan-mulvaney-become-a-woman-one-day-at-a-time/ |url-status=live }} She came out as a trans woman during the pandemic,{{cite news |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/17/ulta-beauty-trans-dylan-mulvaney/ |title=Beauty giant Ulta bombarded with transphobic hate over video of trans woman |first=Chantelle |last=Billson |date=October 17, 2022 |work=PinkNews |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024052143/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/17/ulta-beauty-trans-dylan-mulvaney/ |url-status=live }} while living with her "very conservative family" at her childhood home in San Diego,{{cite web |last1=Malkin |first1=Marc |title=TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney Recalls Coming Out as Trans at Age 4, Tells Trans Youth: 'There Is a Light at the End of the Tunnel' |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/podcasts/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-transgender-1235547512/ |website=Variety |access-date=March 10, 2023 |date=March 9, 2023 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310054236/https://variety.com/2023/digital/podcasts/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-transgender-1235547512/ |url-status=live }} and she began to document her gender transition in a daily series of videos published on TikTok titled "Days of Girlhood" in March 2022, which began to gain in popularity.{{cite web |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/trans-tiktokker-shares-transition-journey-millions-vulnerability-power-83940893 |title=Trans TikTokker shares her transition journey with millions: 'Vulnerability is power' |website=Good Morning America |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025202711/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/trans-tiktokker-shares-transition-journey-millions-vulnerability-power-83940893 |url-status=live }} She said in an interview:

{{blockquote|When the pandemic hit, I was doing the Broadway musical Book of Mormon. I found myself jobless and without the creative means to do what I loved. I downloaded TikTok, assuming it was a kids' app. Once I came out as a woman, I made this "day one of being a girl" comedic video. And it blew up. I really don't know another place online like TikTok that can make a creator grow at the rate that it does. Some of these other apps really celebrate perfection and over-editing and flawlessness. I think with TikTok specifically, people love the rawness. They love people just talking to the camera. I try to approach every video like a FaceTime with a friend.}}

In October 2022, Mulvaney appeared with genderfluid hairstylist David Lopez in a podcast for the cosmetics brand Ulta Beauty, during which she spoke about her childhood, her coming out as transgender, and her transition.{{cite web |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/21/anti-trans-vitriol-toward-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-ignites-boycott/ |title=Anti-trans vitriol toward TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney ignites boycott |date=October 22, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Blade |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024055710/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/10/21/anti-trans-vitriol-toward-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-ignites-boycott/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/ulta-beauty-boycott-anti-trans.html |title=TERFs Are Boycotting Ulta Beauty |first=Danielle |last=Cohen |date=October 17, 2022 |website=The Cut |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024055656/https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/ulta-beauty-boycott-anti-trans.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/transphobes-slam-ulta-beauty-for-featuring-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-in-new-campaign |title=Transphobes Slam Ulta Beauty for Featuring TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney |first=A. J. |last=McDougall |date=October 16, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024061134/https://www.thedailybeast.com/transphobes-slam-ulta-beauty-for-featuring-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-in-new-campaign |url-status=live }} The video led to the appearance of the hashtag #BoycottUlta in Twitter's trending topics section, and Mulvaney was targeted with transphobic comments.{{cite news |last1=Petak |first1=Tessa |title=Here's Why #BoycottUlta Is Trending On Twitter |url=https://www.instyle.com/ulta-beauty-transphobic-comments-6751902 |access-date=May 29, 2023 |website=InStyle |date=October 17, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529165515/https://www.instyle.com/ulta-beauty-transphobic-comments-6751902 |url-status=live }} She also became a spokesperson for Kate Spade New York that year.{{cite news |last1=Malach |first1=Hannah |title=Dylan Mulvaney Opts for Dark Glamour in Dramatic Tulle Dress by Millia London at Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards |url=https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/dylan-mulvaney-millia-london-virgin-atlantic-attitude-awards-1235873742/ |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=12 October 2023}}

= 2022–2023: Joe Biden interview and greater prominence =

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Mulvaney met with U.S. president Joe Biden in October 2022 for a presidential forum organized by the online news outlet NowThis News.{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/anti-trans-laws-are-immoral-biden-tells-dylan-mulvaney-d87gm7hnh |work=The Times |title=Anti-trans laws are immoral, Biden tells Dylan Mulvaney |last=Thurston |first=Joshua |date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221025110006/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anti-trans-laws-are-immoral-biden-tells-dylan-mulvaney-d87gm7hnh |archive-date=October 25, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-joe-biden-hate/ |work=PinkNews |title=Caitlyn Jenner joins right-wing pile-on of trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney |last=Iftikhar |first=Asyia |date=October 27, 2022 |access-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027173202/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/27/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-joe-biden-hate/ |url-status=live }} When asked by Mulvaney about recent legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth by Republican-led legislatures, Biden called it "outrageous" and "immoral".

According to NBC News, the meeting with Biden led Mulvaney to become the target of a "vitriol campaign" by right-wing activists. Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn shared a tweet in which she attached a TikTok video created by Mulvaney and said "Dylan Mulvaney, Joe Biden, and radical left-wing lunatics want to make this absurdity normal".{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/gop-senator-targets-tiktok-influencer-anti-transgender-taunt-rcna53947 |title=GOP senator targets TikTok influencer with anti-transgender taunt |date=October 25, 2022 |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |publisher=NBC News |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026164220/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/gop-senator-targets-tiktok-influencer-anti-transgender-taunt-rcna53947 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/04/07/how-trans-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-became-a-far-right-target-after-scoring-deals-with-bud-light-and-nike/?sh=250d49cb26ee|title=How Trans TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney Became A Far-Right Target After Scoring Deals With Bud Light And Nike|last=Murray|first=Conor|work=Forbes|access-date=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413003255/https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/04/07/how-trans-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-became-a-far-right-target-after-scoring-deals-with-bud-light-and-nike/|url-status=live}} Conservative media personality Caitlyn Jenner, who is also a transgender woman, wrote on Twitter that she agreed with Blackburn's remarks and called Mulvaney's video an absurdity.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/caitlyn-jenner-marsha-blackburn-trans-tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-1234618647/ |title=Caitlyn Jenner Piles on Trans TikToker, Calls Body Positive Video 'Absurdity' |last=Jones |first=C. T. |date=October 26, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026231223/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/caitlyn-jenner-marsha-blackburn-trans-tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-1234618647/ |url-status=live }} In a TikTok video, Mulvaney directly addressed being misgendered by Jenner and Jenner's comments about her body, as well as what she had learned from the experience, and left a written message: "To my followers, please do not send her any hate."{{cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=C. T. |title='I'm Not Going Anywhere': Dylan Mulvaney Gives a Masterclass in Grace After Caitlyn Jenner's Transphobic Comments |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dylan-mulvaney-caitlyn-jenner-transgender-1234621235/ |access-date=April 6, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 31, 2022 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404235719/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dylan-mulvaney-caitlyn-jenner-transgender-1234621235/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Rosenblatt |first1=Kalhan |title=Dylan Mulvaney responds to Caitlyn Jenner misgendering her |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/dylan-mulvaney-responds-caitlyn-jenners-tweets-rcna54800 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |publisher=NBC News |date=October 31, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103102828/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/dylan-mulvaney-responds-caitlyn-jenners-tweets-rcna54800 |url-status=live }}

In December 2022, Mulvaney confirmed on Instagram that she had undertaken facial feminization surgery.{{cite news |last1=Dodgson |first1=Lindsay |title=Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney posted photos after facial feminization surgery, giving a raw glimpse into her transition |url=https://www.insider.com/dylan-mulvaney-gets-facial-feminization-surgery-2022-12 |access-date=December 22, 2022 |work=Insider |date=December 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320012119/https://www.insider.com/dylan-mulvaney-gets-facial-feminization-surgery-2022-12 |url-status=live }} She posted an image of her face on Instagram on January 27,{{cite news |last1=Hines |first1=Ree |title=Fans praise trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney after facial feminization reveal: 'Stunning' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/trans-tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-facial-feminization-surgery-rcna67873 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |work=Today |date=January 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208003457/https://www.today.com/popculture/trans-tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-facial-feminization-surgery-rcna67873 |url-status=live }} and made her debut on the red carpet at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards on February 5, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Gabrielle |title=TikToker Dylan Mulvaney Makes Grammys Red Carpet Debut After Facial Feminization Surgery |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1360865/tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-makes-grammys-red-carpet-debut-after-facial-feminization-surgery |access-date=February 8, 2023 |work=E! News |date=February 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208003455/https://www.eonline.com/news/1360865/tiktoker-dylan-mulvaney-makes-grammys-red-carpet-debut-after-facial-feminization-surgery |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Factora |first1=James |title=Dylan Mulvaney Gave Old Hollywood Glamor on the Grammys Red Carpet |url=https://www.them.us/story/dylan-mulvaney-grammys-2023-outfit-red-gown |access-date=February 8, 2023 |work=them |date=February 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208003745/https://www.them.us/story/dylan-mulvaney-grammys-2023-outfit-red-gown |url-status=live }} In late February, she accepted a Queerties Groundbreaker Award in Hollywood.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-trans-queerties-1235539613/|date=March 1, 2023|work=Variety|title=TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney Celebrates Transition While Accepting Queerties Groundbreaker Award: 'It's Day 352 of Being a Girl!'|last=Malkin|first=Marc|access-date=March 4, 2023|archive-date=March 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304002038/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/tiktok-dylan-mulvaney-trans-queerties-1235539613/|url-status=live}}

Mulvaney hosted a livestreamed variety show at the Rainbow Room in Midtown Manhattan on March 13, 2023, to celebrate the first anniversary of her video series Days of Girlhood, entitled Dylan Mulvaney's Day 365 Live!, with L Morgan Lee and Reneé Rapp as guest stars.{{cite news |last1=Ferme |first1=Antonio |title=Inside TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney's Rainbow Room Debut |url=https://variety.com/2023/scene/news/tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-celebrates-days-of-girlhood-1235554002/ |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Variety |date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324010938/https://variety.com/2023/scene/news/tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-celebrates-days-of-girlhood-1235554002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Masseron |first1=Meg |title=L Morgan Lee, Reneé Rapp, More Will Join Dylan Mulvaney for Live Streamed Variety Show |url=https://playbill.com/article/l-morgan-lee-renee-rapp-more-will-join-dylan-mulvaney-for-live-streamed-variety-show |access-date=February 28, 2023 |work=Playbill |date=February 23, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227223412/https://playbill.com/article/l-morgan-lee-renee-rapp-more-will-join-dylan-mulvaney-for-live-streamed-variety-show |url-status=live }} An appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show that day in which Mulvaney spoke with Barrymore about "dealing with online hate" resulted in an "onslaught of online hate" directed at Barrymore, according to the Los Angeles Times.{{cite news |last1=St. Martin |first1=Emily |title=Drew Barrymore sat on the floor with trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney. Online turmoil ensued |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-03-14/drew-barrymore-dylan-mulvaney-transgender-online-hate |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324010938/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-03-14/drew-barrymore-dylan-mulvaney-transgender-online-hate |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Savannah |title=TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney Shares Laverne Cox's Advice With Drew Barrymore |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-shares-laverne-coxs-advice-with-drew-barrymore |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=Vanity Fair |date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324202655/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-shares-laverne-coxs-advice-with-drew-barrymore |url-status=live }} On Instagram, Mulvaney shared a letter from U.S. vice president Kamala Harris congratulating her for the first anniversary of her transition.{{cite news |last1=Duncan |first1=Charlie |title=Kamala Harris enrages bigots after sending TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney a beautiful birthday note |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/kamala-harris-dylan-mulvaney-birthday-card-backlash/ |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=PinkNews |date=March 23, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415191820/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/23/kamala-harris-dylan-mulvaney-birthday-card-backlash/ |url-status=live }}

= 2023: Bud Light advertisement and boycott =

On April 1, 2023, Mulvaney promoted the beer brand Bud Light in an Instagram video commemorating March Madness, a college basketball tournament held by the NCAA.{{cite news |last1=Valdez |first1=Jonah |title=Kid Rock joins transphobic backlash to Bud Light's partnership with Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-04-04/kid-rock-bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-transgender |access-date=April 5, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 4, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404235559/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-04-04/kid-rock-bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-transgender |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ritschel |first1=Chelsea |title=Bud Light praised as 'ally' for partnership with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-trans-partnership-b2314106.html |access-date=April 5, 2023 |work=The Independent |date=April 4, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404234546/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-trans-partnership-b2314106.html |url-status=live }} According to The Washington Post, the advertisement led figures in right-wing media, such as Fox News, to refer to Mulvaney in "disparaging and often in transphobic terms nearly a dozen times over the next three days".{{Cite news |last1=Bellware |first1=Kim |last2=Javaid |first2=Maham |title=She's on Bud Light cans and all over the internet. Who is Dylan Mulvaney? |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/06/dylan-mulvaney-transgender-influencer-tiktok/ |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=April 7, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}} Calls for a boycott of Bud Light from conservatives in response to the advertisement also followed. Several Budweiser factories also received bomb threats.{{Cite news |first=Harriet |last=Williamson |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/15/budweiser-bomb-threats-dylan-mulvaney-bud-light/ |work=PinkNews |title=Budweiser targeted by bomb threats as right-wing snowflakes keep raging over Dylan Mulvaney collab |date=April 15, 2023 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415170825/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/15/budweiser-bomb-threats-dylan-mulvaney-bud-light/ |url-status=live }} On social media, singer Kid Rock published a video of himself shooting several cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.{{Cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Kid Rock Buys Cases of Bud Light So He Can Shoot Them While Crying |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kid-rock-bud-light-woke-trans-protest-dylan-mulvaney-1234709445/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422054147/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kid-rock-bud-light-woke-trans-protest-dylan-mulvaney-1234709445/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Holpuch |first1=Amanda |title=Behind the Backlash Against Bud Light's Transgender Influencer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/business/bud-light-boycott.html |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415053439/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/business/bud-light-boycott.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Kid Rock shoots cases of Bud Light in response to transgender activist's post |work=CNN Business |date=April 4, 2023 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/04/04/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-kid-rock-anheuser-busch-boycott-cprog-orig-ff-llr.cnn-business |access-date=April 8, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408180809/https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/04/04/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-kid-rock-anheuser-busch-boycott-cprog-orig-ff-llr.cnn-business |url-status=live }}

Mulvaney also promoted a Nike sports bra in a sponsored post on Instagram in April 2023, and in response, Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies called for a Nike boycott.{{cite news |last1=Coen |first1=Susie |last2=Corless |first2=Blathnaid |title=Sharron Davies calls for Nike boycott after trans influencer promoted its sports bra |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/07/sharron-davies-dylan-mulvaney-nike-transgender-bra-boycott/ |work=The Telegraph |date=April 7, 2023 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414141437/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/07/sharron-davies-dylan-mulvaney-nike-transgender-bra-boycott/ |url-status=live }} This was shortly thereafter followed by a backlash and calls for a boycott against makeup company Maybelline after Mulvaney posted a short video of herself applying the company's products.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maybelline-dylan-mulvaney-boycott/ |work=CBS News |title=Maybelline faces boycott over partnership with Dylan Mulvaney |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427103627/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maybelline-dylan-mulvaney-boycott/ |url-status=live }}

In response to the events, Mulvaney stated: "What I'm struggling to understand is the need to dehumanize and to be cruel. I just don't think that's right. Dehumanization has never fixed anything in history ever."{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dylan-mulvaney-responds-bud-light-backlash_n_644b3f07e4b04997b576f982 |work=HuffPo |title=Dylan Mulvaney Breaks Silence Amid Bud Light Backlash |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428060034/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dylan-mulvaney-responds-bud-light-backlash_n_644b3f07e4b04997b576f982 |url-status=live }} She explicitly discussed the events for the first time in a video posted in late June, speaking about the stalking and personal attacks she experienced and the lack of contact from the maker of Bud Light in view of the events.{{cite news |last1=Yoon |first1=John |title=Transgender Influencer Speaks Out After Backlash Against Bud Light |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/business/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney.html |access-date=June 30, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630002123/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/business/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney.html |url-status=live }} She stated, "I'm not telling you this because I want your pity. I'm telling you this because if this is my experience from a very privileged perspective, know that it is much, much worse for other trans people."{{cite news |last1=Oladipo |first1=Gloria |title=Influencer Dylan Mulvaney condemns Bud Light's response to transphobia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-transgender |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630120116/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-transgender |url-status=live }}

In August 2023, Mulvaney won her first Streamy Award for breakout creator.{{cite web|title=Dylan Mulvaney wins breakout creator at Streamy Awards, calls out transphobia|author=Garvey, Marianne|date=August 28, 2023|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/entertainment/streamy-awards-dylan-mulvaney}} In October 2023, she won the Woman of the Year award from the LGBTQ magazine Attitude.{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Ramon Antonio |title=Dylan Mulvaney says woman-of-the-year award 'means so much more' after Bud Light backlash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/13/us-tiktok-trans-activist-woman-of-the-year-award-bud-light-boycott |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=14 October 2023}} In November 2023, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.{{cite web|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/11/28/forbes-30-under-30-kendall-jenner-latto-dylan-mulvaney/71730005007/|title=Kendall Jenner, Latto, Dylan Mulvaney, Matt Rife make Forbes 30 Under 30 list|date=November 28, 2023|author=Moorman, Taijuan}}

In December 2023, Mulvaney released a cover and music video, co-starring Kristofer Thomas, for the song "Blue Christmas".{{cite web |url= https://www.them.us/story/dylan-mulvaney-blue-christmas-video-premiere|title= Watch Dylan Mulvaney's Dreamy "Blue Christmas" Music Video|date= December 15, 2023 |website= Them|publisher= Condé Nast|access-date= June 17, 2024}}

= 2024–present: Debut single and memoir =

On March 11, 2024, Mulvaney released her debut single, "Days of Girlhood".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dylan-mulvaney-drops-debut-single-days-of-girlhood-shares-summery-music-video-lady-gaga-1235634609/|title=Dylan Mulvaney Drops Debut Single 'Days of Girlhood,' Shares Summery Music Video|last=Denis|first=Kyle|date=March 15, 2024|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|access-date=March 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316175358/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dylan-mulvaney-drops-debut-single-days-of-girlhood-shares-summery-music-video-lady-gaga-1235634609/|archive-date=March 16, 2024|url-status=live}} The song, produced by Nick Monson and distributed by independent label DistroKid, reached No. 1 on the Genius lyrics chart within a week of its release.{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Shannon |date=2024-03-19 |title=Dylan Mulvaney's "Days of Girlhood" reaches major milestone |url=https://www.newsweek.com/dylan-mulvaney-days-girlhood-milestone-1880651 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} On March 13, 2024, Mulvaney released an official music video for "Days of Girlhood", featuring other transgender influencers such as Gigi Gorgeous Getty and Ve'ondre Mitchell. Mulvaney promised to donate profits from the song to The Trevor Project.{{Cite magazine |last=Denis |first=Kyle |date=2024-03-15 |title=Dylan Mulvaney Drops Debut Single 'Days of Girlhood,' Shares Summery Music Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dylan-mulvaney-drops-debut-single-days-of-girlhood-shares-summery-music-video-lady-gaga-1235634609/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} In May 2024, Mulvaney announced that she would debut a new solo musical act entitled "FAGHAG" at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and playing at Assembly George Square Studios from July 31 to August 25.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Margaret |date=2024-05-07 |title=Dylan Mulvaney to Debut New Solo Musical at Edinburgh Fringe |url=https://playbill.com/article/dylan-mulvaney-to-debut-new-solo-musical-at-edinburgh-fringe |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Playbill}} The musical satirizes her former life as a self-proclaimed twink as well as her public life as a transgender celebrity. When speaking about the narrative of her musical, she stated "I've stopped trying to put myself into so many boxes. Especially early on, I wanted to make everything as simple and clear for people as possible, but I've realized life is a lot more complex than that."{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 3, 2024 |title=Trans activist Dylan Mulvaney: 'There's a lot on the line in this US election' |url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/dylan-mulvaney-trans-edinburgh-fringe-faghag/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Big Issue}}

On September 25, 2024, Mulvaney announced her first book Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, released on March 11, 2025, as part of a two-book deal with Abrams Image. The book documents Mulvaney's life before and after her transition via journal entries and discusses "things that [she] couldn't talk about online".{{cite web |url=https://people.com/dylan-mulvaney-publish-vulnerable-new-book-paper-doll-exclusive-8718118 |title=Dylan Mulvaney's New Book Paper Doll Will Offer 'a Level of Vulnerability That I Didn't Get to Show Online' |last=Schumer |first=Lizz |date=September 25, 2024 |website=People |access-date=September 27, 2024}}

In April 2025, Mulvaney sang on “Dazzled”, the lead single for the astrology-based concept musical, Retrograde.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Margaret |date=2025-04-18 |title=Astrology-Based Concept Musical Retrograde Releases Single Featuring Dylan Mulvaney April 18 |url=https://playbill.com/article/astrology-based-concept-musical-retrograde-releases-single-featuring-dylan-mulvaney-april-18?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacHFN668eS9CWWjOA9VazStkVis3vEG7gkkKHkzG1Hd86DpJawm6iZ-0Dc9cQ_aem_PstFK63RwSd9hHvBiuojGQ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Playbill}}

Personal life

According to her social media profiles, Mulvaney uses both she/her and they/them pronouns.{{cite web |title=Dylan Mulvaney (@dylanmulvaney) Official |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmulvaney?lang=en |publisher=TikTok |access-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601042917/https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmulvaney?lang=en |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Dylan Mulvaney (@dylanmulvaney) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/dylanmulvaney/?hl=en |publisher=Instagram |access-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922122357/https://www.instagram.com/dylanmulvaney/?hl=en |url-status=live }}{{efn|name=pronouns}}

Mulvaney publicly expressed on her social media platforms that she is still trying to maintain her Catholic faith despite facing discrimination within the Catholic Church.

Discography

All credits are adapted from Apple Music and Spotify.{{Cite web |title=Dylan Mulvaney on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dylan-mulvaney/1720470219 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Apple Music |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Dylan Mulvaney - Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/35BvsAD68jFbdwi9OdBcIB?si=033Bi9qQQsyNra9Kh2Edaw |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Spotify}}