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Feb 26, 2017 · Toward the end of my freshman year, I began my medical transition. Soon after that, I reintroduced myself as Janet to my classmates at a back-to-school assembly. My peers, who voted me into student government the previous semester, applauded. To say that I loved school would be an understatement. It was my oasis, my sanctuary.
Jun 22, 2023 · Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness . What’s the most gender-affirming gift you’ve received? My best friend, Wendi Miyake — now an accomplished celebrity makeup artist — gave me a lanyard of Lip Smacker lip balms when we were 12-year-old budding queens gallivanting on the streets of our hometown, Kalihi, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.
Jun 3, 2011 · Recently Janet Mock, an editor at People.com, revealed she was born a boy. Mock says she knew she was meant to be a girl since she was four. Mock talks about her family and her transition. National.
Aug 14, 2019 · Janet Mock remembers when she saw the documentary Paris is Burning for the first time. She was in 10th grade, living in Hawaii, and had already socially transitioned her gender identity.
On Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, TS Madison, and the Representation of Transgender Women of Color in Media", scholar Julian Kevon Glover complicates the popular reception of Redefining Realness. Glover states that Mock's memoir has gained such high esteem because Mock's transition journey reflects traditional heteronormative norms, beauty standards ...
Janet Mock is a writer, TV host, and advocate tackling stigma through storytelling. With a Master’s in journalism from New York University, the Honolulu native began her career as an editor at People.com and went on to write cover stories for Marie Claire, Interview, and The Advocate as well as essays for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Lenny.
Jun 30, 2014 · A young Janet Mock would often hear these words from the trans women in Honolulu, where she had begun medically transitioning into womanhood. It was a compliment - it meant she did not stand out ...
