Modeling

“The very first pair of shoes I bought, I bought at a store, I did it on Halloween – or the week before Halloween. That was my cover. It was the kind of place where you could try on the shoes right there. You didn’t have to get a salesperson to get them for you. I’m looking around, at the end of the lane somewhere so no one’s going to see me, and someone did come. “Can I help you?” I’m like, oh, my god. I must’ve turned white. I didn’t have a girl persona to rely on at that point. My hair was short. I didn’t have anything, really. But now… it’s easy.” – Claire Black (Janie)

“I am much more comfortable now (getting out of my house and into my car) but it’s still a challenge. It gets a little tiresome, hiding. It kind of weighs on your spirit in some respects. So sometimes I’ll just make a run for it, for the car. I don’t know how many times people have seen me or not. No one’s ever said anything. Nothing’s ever changed, so then it doesn’t matter, right?

I try not to go places where I know people know me as a guy. But other than that, I just walk around. It’s a big enough city that I don’t usually run into people. I don’t know that many people.” – Claire Black (Janie)

“I have my own idea of what a man is, and I have my idea of what a woman is, and I don’t want to mix them. I just find that it feels much more natural to me to be feminine as a girl rather than as a guy. I’m comfortable with the way I am as a guy, you know? The things that I do as a girl, I don’t have a desire to do as a guy. I don’t think they fit there.” – Claire Black (Janie)