A biography for Carmen Carrerahasn’t been written yet.
“Trans women are a part of the female population and I think that they deserve a respectful representation.”
“But if you look at Victoria's Secret models, honestly, young girls don't necessarily look up to them for the healthiest reasons. It's more about the envy, the desire to look aesthetically best: it's an unattainable, elitist mindset.”
“I want to be a mom. I want to be a wife.”
“My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because at that time I hadn't found myself. I was living as a drag performer only.”
“Loyalty is my favorite quality in a 'bestie.'”
“I would say what's really interesting about me personally is that I've taken my transgender experience, and I've looked at it on the bright side, on the positive side.”
“For me, I've tried to always live in the moment and I don't think that much about what is law, what is written down.”
“Drag Race' was when I was kind of confused about how I wanted to live the rest of my life and I was just having fun, a little ignorant, a little young.”
“Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I feel is a bit more judgmental toward the LGBT community.”
“Luckily for me the public have known me before my transition and I've always had the same body type.”
“When it comes to beauty, I try to teach my step daughters to embrace themselves the way they are,and to have fun.”
“Stepping into the gym or going out to do sports is a scary thing for a trans person - you feel like everyone is looking at you.”
“I don't need to rely on my concealer to have a sense of myself. I should be able to go out without my concealer, without my makeup, and still be able to be joyful.”
“In my early 20s, I set out to kind of find myself. At that time, if you were different or if you ever questioned your gender identity or sexual orientation, society kind of put you in the gay club.”
“As someone who's visible, I feel it's part of my responsibility to have a voice for trans people because the fight is not necessarily on television. The fight is every day.”
“I would hope that one day there will be a time when it's not so much about transgender, it's just people will just see us as women.”
“I wasn't a masculine kid; I was pretty effeminate.”
“I see the human body as your soul's apartment.”
“I want to make 'People' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.”
“It would be pretty amazing for Victoria's Secret to be that huge corporation that embraces trans women. We shop there as well.”