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Nicole Maines

American Actress

Born: Oct 7, 1997

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What I'm really excited for is to see the evolution of trans characters and see more diverse stories be told, so that every time we're on screen, we're not really playing the part of educator and having to explain the experience to the audience, because it will have already been normalized. Nicole Maines

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I think everything's going to turn out pretty well for me. Nicole Maines

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It seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little. Nicole Maines

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Kids and just young people in general are usually a lot more, I guess, open-minded to change. Especially when you're really little in elementary school, you don't expect a lot of things from people, so if somebody says, 'I'm switching genders,' you're just sort of like, 'OK, that's new. But cool.' Nicole Maines

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When we have a trans woman playing a trans woman, then you see, 'Oh wait, this is what trans really is. This is what it looks like: a person.' That sends a message to trans kids that they are valid in their identities that they are allowed to exist. Nicole Maines

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Acceptance at home is fundamental, yes, but frankly, it's just not enough. Trans youth, like most young people, spend the majority of their time at school. If you spent Monday to Friday from 8 to 3 being told that you weren't okay, that you were wrong, how are you meant to think otherwise? Nicole Maines

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When I was first trying to explain to my parents that I was really a girl, my father didn't know what to do. He had these preconceived notions about what his family was going to be like, and when I didn't fit into those notions, he just ignored what I was trying to tell them before he really came around. Nicole Maines

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

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

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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

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I hope I can help convince people there that being transgender is not a big deal and that we are just average people trying to go to school, work, and live good lives. Nicole Maines

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It's OK not to understand the whole trans thing. That's alright. My dad didn't understand it. I still don't know everything. What's important is you sort of educate yourself on your own time, but you have to respect it on everyone else's time. Because no one should have to wait for equality. Nicole Maines

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Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist. Nicole Maines

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Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender characters because we don't see the same issue with sexuality. Nicole Maines

I did a guest episode of 'Royal Pains,' and then right after that, 'Supergirl' happened, and I was like, 'How did I get here?' Every day, I walk on set, and I'm waiting for someone to be like, 'Ma'am, you can't be here.' Nicole Maines

I always loved theater, growing up, and I was always like, 'Wow, it would be so fun to be an actor.' But my next thought was, like, 'I'm from Nowhere, Maine.' You know, no one's from Maine! Nicole Maines

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I am transgender. I knew that I was for as long as I can remember. Nicole Maines

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Now that we've seen broader representation of trans identities, I think it's safer to explore the fault in these trans characters and make them entirely human and three dimensional. Nicole Maines

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Historically, we have seen cis men play trans women and vice versa. That casting breaks through the fourth wall, and it gives people the message that trans people are being played by cis men in real life, which is where we get this idea of men in dresses. Nicole Maines

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