Marsha P. Johnson State Park

What is trans?

Ask fifty different people, get fifty different answers. There’s no one way to be transgender. The definition belongs to the individual who identifies.

Christa Jagnanan (She/Her) "I am the daughter my mother always wanted, and the woman I always wanted to be."

Jake Alfieri (He/Him) "Discovering and realizing that I was transgender . . . has been the greatest gift."

Nikki Jackson (She/Her) "I am 'Mama' Jax - just ask my kids."

Alyxandra Ramsay (She/Her) "When I started presenting as myself, I felt a sense of freedom and liberation."

Juniper June Taraneh Shay (They/Them) "The seeds of the revolution have always been planted by the hands of the oppressed."

Latravious Collins (She/Her) "A true transition begins and ends within thyself."

Miguel Negron (Non-binary) "I think of trans and I think beyond."

Sabrina Weinberg (She/Her) & Emery Moreno (He/Him) "The amount that I love myself now . . . is just ludicrously different."

Simon Chartrand (He/Him) "Trans to me means navigating self recognition within a world of assumptions."

Yvette Green (She/Her) "What trans means to me is being who your true self is."

Kalia Caress (She/Her) "I want to say that I'm proud, but more like I'm surviving."