Being Quote by Noelle Stevenson

After the initial flurry of media interest, I was left to figure out how to move on with my life - and that proved…

— Katharine Gun

I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a while to…

— Lynn Coady

When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a…

— Vikram Seth

I spent a lot of time denying the idea that I could be gay or trans to myself. From the ages of 14 to…

— Chelsea Manning

I have been gender-nonconforming my entire life.

— Yance Ford

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.

— Demi Lovato

I felt like I had to be conscious of myself as a girl for the first time. I had to be more feminine. I…

— Mara Wilson

I think with how society makes me feel like I should grasp onto the inner strength of me being a woman, and I felt…

— Jade Bird

I struggled coming to terms with the fact that I'd been assigned female at birth, but that I didn't feel like a girl or…

— Asia Kate Dillon

I didn't understand that there was some mental component of how you view yourself in terms of gender that's deeply embedded in your brain…

— Norah Vincent

I've stopped blaming myself for being a woman. I've stopped being apologetic about my sexuality and become comfortable with myself.

— Kirti Kulhari