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Nicole Maines

(1997) Actor

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Nicole Maines is an actor.

Quick Facts About Nicole Maines

Born: October 7, 1997
Profession: Actor

About Nicole Maines

[Wikidata] American actress... | [Wikipedia] Nicole Amber Maines is an American actress, comic book writer and transgender rights activist. Prior to her acting career, she was the anonymous plaintiff in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case Doe v. Regional School Unit 26, in which she argued her school district could not deny her access to the

Quotes by Nicole Maines · Page 2

I think everything's going to turn out pretty well for me.

Everything

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It seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a…

Look

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Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist.

Exist

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More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

Away

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My father grew up very conservative, and he really had set expectations for what boys and girls were supposed to be like.…

Conservative

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Everybody loves superheroes, and so to be associated with a superhero forever is just kind of like, that's where the goalposts are.…

Body love

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I had been on puberty suppressants and hormone suppressants, so I did not go through male puberty.

Been

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Now that we've seen broader representation of trans identities, I think it's safer to explore the fault in these trans characters and…

Fault

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Gender is a spectrum, and that's something that a lot of folks don't understand.

Gender

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The thought of being a boy makes me cringe. I just couldn't do it.

Being

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I'm so glad that all the work that my family and I are doing is yielding positive results and making actual change!

Change

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We tried our best to work with the school and with the other families in the school system, and we did a…

Best

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Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people…

Failure

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This entire issue of transgender people posing a kind of threat to cisgender women in bathrooms is made up. We are just…

Go

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The most inspirational person in my life has been my mother.

Inspiration

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I would say my brother got lucky with me. Because we grew up with only boy neighbors, I developed a liking to…

Brother

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I think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

I think

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I am transgender. I knew that I was for as long as I can remember.

I am

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We can be whoever we want. We can do whatever we want. We can be superheroes, because in many ways we are.…

Right

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If I had a super power, I'd want to be able to fly just so I could float around my apartment. Or…

Apartment

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I think kids need to watch 'Supergirl' for Nia, because there are more and more trans people coming out younger and younger.

I think

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Acceptance at home is fundamental, yes, but frankly, it's just not enough. Trans youth, like most young people, spend the majority of…

Acceptance

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I think accurately presenting a trans character means not presenting them as perfect - I think there's been a pressure to do…

Character

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We didn't have anyone to tell us that what was going on with me was alright. There was no information about transgender…

Family

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My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.

Acting

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