When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.

I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word

Quality is my principle and qualified is my attitude.

I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.

I was assigned male at birth, is the way I like to put it, because I think... we're born who we are... and the gender thing is something someone imposes on you. And so, I was assigned male at birth, but I always felt like I was a girl.

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.

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.