A Lot Of Parents Never Speak To

So When I Was About 13 Or 14, I Realized I Was Attracted To Women And Then Made The Assumption That I Was A Lesbian, And Didn't Realize That That Wasn't The Case. It Was The Fact That I Was A Man And A Heterosexual Man. The Issue Wasn't My Sexual Orientation, But Rather My Gender Identity.

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.

People Who Don't Have Gender Dysphoria Aren't Going To Catch It By Watching Me Dance On Television.

Parents Have To Understand: If Your Kid Isn't You, Don't Blame The Kid.

Deep Down, My Mom Had Long Suspected I Was Gay... Much Of Her Anger And Hurt Came From Her Sense Of Betrayal That She Was The Last To Be Told.