Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.

What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.

There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate.

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.