I was assigned boy at birth but I have always known I was a girl.

Human dignity should be without borders.

The world makes you something that you’re not - but you know inside what you are.

Gender has always been considered a fact immutable. But we now know it's actually more fluid, complex, and mysterious. Because of my success, I never have the courage to share my story. Not because I thought what I am is wrong but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free.

When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I was allowed to change my name and my gender marker. Why is there that paradox? How do I get those two things to be the same?

I was assigned boy at birth but I have always known I was a girl.

We should allow them to be who they are, because then we end up with healthy kids.