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" 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

" I just don’t like to be called a ‘woman’ or a ‘lady’ because I don’t feel like either a woman or a lady. I feel like a musician. " - Gina Schock

" I have this fear of coming across as a Barbie doll who got lucky. Style is a big part of who I am, but it’s not who I am. Ya know? " - Debi Mazar

" People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, ‘No, my name is Malcolm,’ they think I have an attitude about it and I don’t want to be associated with the show. " - Malcolm-Jamal Warner