Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

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.

Papa was our strength and the very fiber that wove our family together. He was our foundation and our rock, but even rocks, break, given enough stress.

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.

America is a great story and there is a river on every page of it.

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

My makeup is usually left over from the night before.

We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the world today.

I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing.

I don't rate them, I just hit them.