Nicole Maines Quotes

Nicole Maines

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 7, 1997

We didn't have anyone to tell us that what was going on with me was alright. There was no information about transgender people when we started our journey, but we managed to make it through because of the tremendous amount of love that our family had.

Nicole Maines

At some point, I want to create a family and help them on their journey like my family helped me on mine.

Nicole Maines

Family has been really important to me.

Nicole Maines

My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.

Nicole Maines

I think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

Nicole Maines

Growing up, I was from kind of Nowhere, Maine. And, so, now having thousands of people reaching out to me via social media and thousands of people paying attention to what I say, that's really weird.

Nicole Maines

Everybody loves superheroes, and so to be associated with a superhero forever is just kind of like, that's where the goalposts are. That's kind of, 'Bam, you're immortalized!'

Nicole Maines

I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we've said it exists does not really exist in nature.

Nicole Maines

Gender is a spectrum, and that's something that a lot of folks don't understand.

Nicole Maines

Children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.

Nicole Maines

It's good to have a free space to laugh and cry and get angry about gender and sexuality. That's one of the things I am the most thankful for from my friends and my family. They've given me the place to freely have gender be a part of our discourse.

Nicole Maines

More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

Nicole Maines

Saying it now sounds obvious, but that can be really hard to remember when you're a trans kid who feels like your world's been turned upside down. Just having someone to see in the media is so empowering and validating.

Nicole Maines