“This house was the only home he’d ever had, and he’d shared it with his mother up until two years before, when… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Stern and critical, my father couldn't accept how feminine and dainty I was in comparison to my rough-and-tumble brother. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“Though we came from our native Hawaiian mother, Chad and I were perceived and therefore raised as black, which widely cast us… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
When I was a toddler, my father cut hair in the townhouse we had shared together in Long Beach, California, where Dad… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard parents say all they want is “the best” for their children, but the best is subjective and anchored by how… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
My parents split before my fifth birthday, and I moved with Mom and my three siblings to her native Oahu. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
When I was 12, my brother and I moved back to Honolulu to live with our mother. Hawaii felt like another universe,… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Your disrespect for me is apparent. You never respected me when I think about it and you never liked me. But I’m… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
My personal style really started in my teens when I gained purchasing power to actually buy my own damn clothes. For so… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I was six years old when 'The Little Mermaid' was released in 1989 and was immediately struck by the fiery-maned, melodic-voiced, tail-swinging… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I was a mixed black girl existing in a westernized Hawaiian culture where petite Asian women were the ideal, in a white culture where… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
We have to take care of our people. That's our work now. And it's going to be a lot harder than it would have… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn't be who we wanted the other to be.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
