Jenna Talackova Q & A
PRIDE 2012 / On being an advocate and a Pride grand marshal
Natasha Barsotti / Vancouver / Friday, July 20, 2012
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Jenna_Talackova_Q_A-12333.aspxHave you been contacted by other trans people?
I just got this amazing book and chocolates, and I receive emails daily, especially when I was in LA Pride. They just all want to share a story with me.
Any particular story or stories stand out for you?
A lot of people are transitioning now, because of me. This one lady, she's from Puerto Rico. She was telling me it's been lingering in her mind for years, since she can remember, but she's never had the guts to come out. Now she's transitioning and finding support, and I told her, "You live once. We're all souls, we're all a beautiful essence, but you're living in this life, in this moment. So if you're not happy, and you know this is truly what you want to be, then the real people that love you — I had difficulties, too, with my mother and my brothers — you're going to open their mind to a whole new consciousness."
