Yvolved

Yvy spent her life discovering what it meant to live authentically, and realised that her truth lay in her identity as an Indian transgender woman. After discovering who she was, Yvy ensured that nothing would impede her from evolving into the woman she always knew she was, despite her upbringing in a Muslim community and the many obstacles she faced, as her journey took her to places she never thought she’d venture to.As the continuing story from Tainted Beauty, Yvy takes you even deeper, reliving her experiences with relationships, culture, family and finding strength through adversity. Yvolved is a personal, intimate and unapologetic story of a woman who is not afraid to break the social construct of gender and affirm her queer identity.

Yvy DeLuca describes herself as a delicious Yvycake made up of an assortment of ingredients designed to stimulate the mind, as well as satisfy a hunger for self-expression. As a proud Indian transgender woman, Yvy uses written and video blogs to talk about trans issues by using #LetsTalkAboutTrans and uses her social media to spread awareness and support for the LGBTQ community. Yvy grew up in Blackburn and currently resides in Salford, Greater Manchester, with her husband and their two cats, Pirlo and Nyssa.