“The personality that I have and the energy that I give is so heavily i...” — Alex Consani Quote

“The personality that I have and the energy that I give is so heavily inspired by Black trans women. People see me as kitschy and different, but if you're ever around a Black doll, then you kind of get the same energy that I'm celebrated for. I'm celebrated because I'm White.”

“I love my gays, I love my theys, and I love my dolls. That's the people that come up to me on the street.”

“I think the more you focus on just face masks and beauty routines, it becomes high stress and high stakes.”

“Big shoulders, wide-leg pants, and boxy silhouettes just hit different. And that's what I love about Aritzia pieces - they don't miss in terms of style and quality, and you can really make them your own.”

“I didn't have an H&M in my town, but I remember when I first came to New York, I had this really important casting. I think it was my first - or one of my first - times at H&M, and it was crazy. They had so many amazing pieces. My agents were like, 'You need this, you need that,' and I still have those pieces today.”

“As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the 'me too' movement you see a white female face or a white male face, and that type of questioning and interrogation needs to happen.”

“If God wanted be to be black, I'd be black; if he wanted me to be white, I'd be white, so I guess He chose for me to be both and original. That's the way I'm supposed to be.”

“I was a goth in my student days. I dyed my hair black, but it came out grey, with a blue scalp. Then I dyed it red and it came out fuschia pink.”

“I was a total floral hippie as a child so when I finally could make my own choices, I've been living in different black suit jackets and been really drawn to masculine clothes.”

“It's an unfortunate fact that in the male black population, a very significant percentage of them, more so than whites or other minority candidates, because of convictions, prison records, are never going to be hired by a police department. That's a reality. That's not a byproduct of stop-and-frisk.”