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" My father’s name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad’s namesake. But it’s hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, ‘No one capitalizes my D!’ " - KaDee Strickland

" It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty. " - Florida Scott-Maxwell

" When I arrived at Roma, someone defined me as Giotto, ‘The Painter,’ but the nickname I prefer is the one I got from Captain Francesco Totti, ‘The Little Prince.’ " - Miralem Pjanic

" I’ve always been dabbling in suits, but like a lot of people in the neighborhoods I grew up in, I had my snapback; I had my v-neck. I still got them in the closet. I got my J’s, my Forces; it was standard. " - Jidenna

" I felt like there were two people inside me. I was trying to be somebody I was not, and I was frustrated that people didn’t know who I was. " - Kaytranada

" There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others. " - Tessa Thompson

" There’s something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn’t go away. You can’t get rid of it, but it’s not something that’s terribly obvious. " - Natalie Zea

" I guess professionally I’ve left my gender open to artistic interpretation. " - Andreja Pejic

" I was always a pretty theatrical kid, a draggy kid… a little sissy. I dressed up in my grandma’s heels and clothes… It’s always been in me. " - Chad Michaels

" My connections and roots to this land of Australia – the sea, the reefs, the sky, the stars – come from a time and place that existed long before basketball was invented, and definitely long before the Boomers program was created. " - Patty Mills