I like to think of myself as an active American in our politics, but I get lost sometimes watching everything.
I'd like to live in a country where I feel safe.
My message is beauty has no gender. At the end of the day beauty is beauty.
Drag has always been an open space where anyone within the LGBT community can express their creativity.
I've been told that I can't do things simply because I was trans.
The only way to combat hate is by demonstrating empathy and love.
We must learn to exist together in peace and love people as they are. That is the only way humanity wins.
Your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality.
I want to make 'People' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
I see the human body as your soul's apartment.
Luckily for me the public have known me before my transition and I've always had the same body type.
Before my transition I felt trapped, and now I've been set free.
Being a woman means everything to me.
Stepping into the gym or going out to do sports is a scary thing for a trans person - you feel like everyone is looking at you.
Everyone else is following these male and female tracks that have already been set for them, but when you're trans there is no trail.
Regardless of whether you're in a gay or heterosexual relationship, you're going to go through your ups and downs.
I'm a show girl at heart.
When I was a kid, I was really quiet.
I like to jump around, and it takes a long time for people to catch up to me sometimes.
For me, I've tried to always live in the moment and I don't think that much about what is law, what is written down.
I want to be respected as a woman, as a mother, as a wife. That's why I transition.
I've always had a 'stand up for the people' type of personality.
I want to inspire strength. I also want to inspire people to create their own happy reality.
My family is very supportive, lucky for me.
I'm not Laverne Cox. I'm not Janet Mock... I'm just a girl from New Jersey who has experience and lived.
Respectable transwomen were not as visible and very unclear in how they defined themselves. I had no one to look up to, pre-transition.
I think that for a lot of people, I inspire them to be themselves.
When it comes to beauty, I try to teach my step daughters to embrace themselves the way they are,and to have fun.
I don't know any lingerie brands that really embrace transgender women at all, to be honest.
I want to be a successful trans woman burlesque performer.
