Authentic self Quote by Sarah McBride

I was in the seventh grade when I first began to identify as trans and express my gender identity as a girl. My social…

— Janet Mock

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

— Nicole Maines

I remember just calling myself gay was a big step for me, and I remember being in the bathroom brushing my teeth, testing out…

— Wilson Cruz

When I was five, long before I understood what the word 'gender' meant, I would always tell my mother that I wished I were…

— Josie Totah

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

When I would walk down the runway back in the late 90s, I could feel the tension from others who knew I was transgender.…

— Dominique Jackson

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.

— Jane Lynch

I knew that I was trans when I was three years old. Well, I didn't know 'trans' because I didn't know there was a…

— Nicole Maines

It took me a long time to realise that I was a girl as a teenager. At that point I never really believed it.…

— Kristen Stewart

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues. I really thought I was supposed to be…

— Jane Lynch

You might be raised as a boy in a very conservative environment and then somehow, at some point, there was a side of me…

— Arca

When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long,…

— Andrew Solomon