Miles Borrero writes in his memoir 'Beautiful Monster' about his childhood in Colombia and his college days in Salt Lake City — which included attending a movie screening that helped him on his journey as a transgender man.
In ‘Beautiful Monster,’ Miles Borrero retraces his path — which includes a pivotal moment in a Utah movie theater., Borrero’s childhood in Colombia and his time in Salt Lake City helped him become who he is today: A yoga-loving transgender man.
Borrero was born in Brazil, but moved to Bogota with his family during Escobar’s reign over the Medellin drug cartel. Escobar was killed in a gun battle with Colombian police in December 1993. Borrero said he soon realized that living in a state of emergency wasn’t normal. That’s why Salt Lake City feels in many ways like home, he said.director Kimberly Peirce’s true-life drama about the young life and tragic death of transgender Nebraska teen Brandon Teena. The film debuted in Utah at the Broadway Centre Cinemas in March 2000, two weeks before Hilary Swank won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Teena.
Borrero said “that realization, that something and someone so beautiful could come to such a horrendous end,” was something he buried deep down for years.Years later, Borrero said, his parents gave him their blessing before he chose to have “top” surgery and start taking testosterone. It was a decision, he said, that had been brewing in different ways for years.
Around the same time, he said, he started seeing his sweetheart, Sarah — who, he learned on their first date, was a poet. A few days after that date, Borrero gathered the courage to share his writing with her.
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