What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.

There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence.

There is always hope for the living.Keep hope alive.Never give in to fear.

now i can get them teeth

More and more, there are things in my life that I find hard to say. Like, 'David Bowie and Lorde were at my birthday party.' She's a phenomenal spirit.

I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.

The love that flows through your heart purifies not only your own spirit, but the love you share with others.

Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings.

I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice.

If I'm going to make music for the streets or the clubs or whatever, I go at it with 110 percent.

If you don't genuinely like your customers, chances are they won't buy.

Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.