Quotes

The kids used to make fun of me at the swimming pool because I didn't want to take my shirt off, and all the other little boys would take their shirts off and go swimming. When they would play basketball and they would pick teams, there would be shirts and skins, and I would not want to be on the skins team. And it was just little things like that, and I've been put in trash cans, I was shoved against my locker, the name calling, it's just something I'd never want to relive again.

My parents dropped me off at school at my first apartment, and I went and got my first caboodle, bought a bunch of makeup, and I would just sit around in dresses, and it was just a very happy time in my life.

[on her family's acceptance of her gender identity] They're finally starting to accept me for who I am. And that is just cherry on top of the cake, you know? It's just awesome.

I changed schools when I was in sixth grade. The first day of school, the teacher took the whole class to the bathroom, and you divide up and go to your respective bathrooms. I, of course, went into the boys' bathroom, and the teacher ran in behind me and told me, "Oh, you're in the wrong bathroom, you're in the wrong bathroom." And it was so embarrassing because all the kids were laughing at me.

Coming to Dallas was the perfect fit for me because it's a big city, but has a small southern charm and feel to it. I felt like it was a lot easier being who I am in this city. It's very accepting for the most part.