EXCLUSIVE Transgender woman who grew up in strict Catholic household now makes millions selling racy snaps
Lana Madison, who was born male, was raised in an extremely conservative community in southern Texas.
From a young age she was into 'feminine' things, but she was forced to 'pretend to be masculine' out of fear of how the people at her church would react.
'Growing up Catholic was tough. I was so feminine but constantly at odds with who I was,' she explained exclusively to the Daily Mail.
'It was hard pretending to be masculine while everything inside me screamed the opposite.'
Lana recalled 'faking asthma attacks' to get out of Mass when the priest would 'start preaching anti-gay rhetoric.'
But as Lana got older, she said she couldn't hold in her true self anymore.
Eventually, word began to spread that she 'was into boys,' and it led to the community turning on both her and her family.
'I managed to disguise myself for a while until I couldn't anymore,' she continued. 'Once people found out I was into boys, my friends dropped me.
'But that rejection weirdly gave me freedom. I no longer had to pretend. I leaned into being an openly effeminate guy, and eventually, that led me toward my truth.'
While her parents were certainly shocked at first, they ultimately came around.
'My parents may be Catholic and conservative, but they've always loved me unconditionally,' she explained.
'When I came out, it wasn't easy for [my parents]. They didn't embrace everything right away, but they never made me feel unloved.
'Even as they were being shunned by people in their community, they told others and me that they'd rather have a relationship with their child than a dead child.
'That kind of love gave me strength. They didn't always get everything right, and it took time for them to adjust to my name and pronouns.
'But I knew they loved me, and that gave me the confidence to stand tall in who I was becoming.'
Eventually, word began to spread that she 'was into boys,' and it lead to the whole community turning on both her and her family
Lana realized that she was transgender while she was in college when a drag queen friend put her in full glam for the first time and she started undergoing hormone therapy at age 21
Lana realized that she was transgender while she was in college when a drag queen friend put her in full glam for the first time and she started undergoing hormone therapy at age 21.
During her transition, Lana realized that to become the girl she truly dreamed of being she would have to go under the knife multiple times because there were so many things about her appearance that she wanted to change.
So instead of going through recovery over and over again, she decided to do it all at once - undergoing a whopping 15 procedures during one marathon 10-hour surgery.
This included having her hairline pulled down, fat grafting to her cheeks, shaving down her Adam's apple, getting buccal fat pads partially removed, a rhinoplasty, brow lift, breast augmentation, and other tweaks to her lips and forehead.
'I wanted to go under and wake up as a new person,' she explained.
'I didn't want to spend years in and out of recovery, nitpicking parts of myself, constantly planning the next procedure. I wanted to just be done and move forward in my life.
'I didn't want to heal one part of myself while still dealing with dysphoria about another. I wanted to wake up in a body that felt whole.'
She looks at the transformation as a 'rebirth' and said she feels like it has given her a 'second chance at life.'
Her conservative parents are not exactly fond of her career choice, but they just want her to be happy. She dished, 'They might not understand every part of it, but they understand me'
And now, Lana - who went on to get a hair transplant and two more boob jobs - claimed she earns over $1 million a year by selling sultry snaps online and has raked in more than 76,000 followers on Instagram.
Her conservative parents are not exactly fond of her career choice, but they just want her to be happy.
'My parents might have preferred I choose a different career path. But they see how much freedom I have,' Lana dished.
'I get to set my own schedule, I'm not risking my safety working some soul-crushing job for someone else, and I'm thriving doing something that actually pays.
'They might not understand every part of it, but they understand me. They know I'm empowered, independent, and exactly where I'm supposed to be.'
In the end, she's said she's immensely proud of herself for overcoming everything she's endured.
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