“After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived wi...” — Angelica Ross Quote

“After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived with a friend. We come from a highly religious family, and she could not accept it. It was devastating, and I was depressed.”

“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.”

“Visibility has an effect on those who are privileged; it brings more privilege, and on those who are marginalized, it brings more marginalization, because it also brings a spotlight onto them where they're at, in the hood or in certain places that are less tolerable.”

“I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet.”

“I was pretty depressed when I was a teenager. The thing that spurred that on was that my dad died from cancer when I was 11 years old.”

“If I go without rock for too long, I feel depressed.”