What I’ve learned about being trans in transition is just that sometimes good things don’t happen when you try to rush things. Just as a young girl grows into a young woman, you know, we transition; we grow into our bodies the same way.
Being a young woman is difficult enough, but add to that the pressures of Hollywood’s spotlight, and you have a lot to navigate.
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
Young women look at me and think, ‘She’s really confident. She has always had it figured out,’ but actually, I really, really haven’t. That has come over time as I became a young woman.
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ is about how, as a young woman, everyone gets that moment of being in bloom, but nobody really appreciates it.
No time to marry, no time to settle down; I’m a young woman, and I ain’t done runnin’ around.
I’ve never had a problem with age; my feelings and emotions are still like those of a young woman. Thank God, I can still be surprised and excited, and I can still dream. I think that’s something no one should stop doing, because it’s what keeps you young!
As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.
I think being a young woman is a strength.
