Family Quote by Nicole Maines

As a transgender child, I was always looking around for someone like me, because I thought I was the only one. It's hard to…

— Jazz Jennings

There's this belief sometimes from people who haven't lived the trans experience that's just like, 'You should tell everyone. You owe it to them.'…

— Brian Michael Smith

When I was growing up, I didn't know of anybody who was trans. There was always, like, this shame, anxiety thing around all of…

— Teddy Geiger

Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.

— Laura Jane Grace

My grandma was a nurse, and she helped a lot of transgender clients, so growing up, I was very aware of that, and my…

— Farrah Abraham

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how…

— Chaz Bono

It took me about a year to understand and to feel the support from the transgender community.

— Fallon Fox

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

— Chaz Bono

I think that's important - that transgender individuals are just like everyone else. We have our interests, our hobbies, our things we like to…

— Jazz Jennings

Because you never know when a transgender person is going to come into your life, you need to be prepared, and you need to…

— Nicole Maines

I hope I can help convince people there that being transgender is not a big deal and that we are just average people trying…

— Nicole Maines

For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to…

— Chaz Bono