Marina Summers, who finished as runner-up on Drag Race Philippines season 1 and went on to become a finalist on RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World season 2, has shared a new statement coming out as a trans woman.
"To all the people I love, I'd like to welcome you in — in this journey," the Drag Race superstar wrote in the caption. "I'd like to borrow a bit of your time today. I'd like to tell you something beautiful and meaningful."
Marina's full statement shared in an Instagram carousel reads:
"I've been sitting with this for a long time, trying to find the right moment and the right words. Today feels like that moment.
Since I was a child, I've always felt feminine — even deep into the parts hat l didn't always know how to name. For so many years, I poured that energy into carving a life that required me to move at full speed that Becoming the person I've always seen myself as felt like something I'd get to 'later,' something | gently pushed to the side while I tried to catch every other dream first.
But last year, I finally gave myself permission to stop pausing. And start my transition. After years of questioning and pushing back, I finally made the beautiful decision to begin social transitioning early 2025. A lot of you may have noticed how I changed the way I present myself. That journey led me to start my Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) later that year — and I would say it's one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
I chose to keep the first part of this journey with my innermost circle. It's not as if I was hiding something from the world. I just really needed space to feel it, to heal, to simply exist in my own skin without the outside noise. I'm grateful I gave myself that. And now, I'm ready to open the door a little wider and let you all into my journey.
To everyone who knew me as Yan or Adrian, it's been amazing. But that chapter of my life is happily closed. From hereon, I'd love for you all to get to know me more as the woman I'm becoming. Hello again my friends, it's me, Marina. There's still so much to learn. I don't have everything figured out. But I do know I want to be more honest with you and myself.
Thank you for the love you've shown me so far. Thank you in advance for the kindness and respect you continue to offer. This chapter means the world to me, and I'm happy to finally share it with all of you. With all the sunshine I have in my heart… Marina."
The comments section is filled with lovely messages from the Drag Race queendom, with responses from queens like Kandy Muse, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Kween Kong, Denali, Zahirah Zapanta, Hannah Conda, Rosé, and Kendall Gender, to name a few.
Our congratulations and best wishes to the icon diva superstar herself, Marina Summers!
