“My first realization that I was in the wrong body was when my mother told me I was using the restroom incorrectly.”— ShaGasyia Diamond
I’ve always been intrigued by the life and theaterofChristopher Street. I’ve noticed the photographic possibility out of the corner of my eye for the past couple of decades—an Ellis Island for freedom of expression and gender identity. More recently, I’ve noticed it vanishing. My interest in photo documentary led to compiling a series of portraits, which have been collected in On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories (Rizzoli New York, 2016).
‘She’s a trans woman and I’m a trans man, so it actually makes us completely normal. I’m a man and she’s a woman, and that’s just as simple as it is.’—Jamel Young
“In a world that is very much heterosexist, patriarchal and misogynistic, I firmly believe that being trans is resistance.” —Lucky S. Michaels
“I did a movie called The Dictator, with Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Kingsley and Megan Fox, and I wasn’t out. And the New York Post outed me as a transsexual actress, which devastated me. I felt very discriminated against.”— Victoria Beltran
“I always wanted to be a boy—always. I don’t remember ever not wanting that.”—LES LARUE
“My first realization that I was in the wrong body was when my mother told me I was using the restroom incorrectly.”— ShaGasyia Diamond
