“I think being trans is really why I’m in politics. I don’t think I’d be in politics if I wasn’t. I feel like I never really had a choice whether to be political or not, because I was born in rural North Carolina and I never really had to have the chance to develop any kind of wants or dreams like cis people do when they’re children. I was in a very rural, Evangelical area in a really transphobic family. So from a really young age, my only thought was just, ‘Am I going to survive to adulthood?’”Andrea Jenkins: "The number of police related shootings around the nation have created a mistrust of police in many communities. This can help rebuild the trust that is essential for law enforcement to work." that she'll reprise her role as Jean Grey/Phoenix from theX-Menfranchise inDark Phoenix I met a girl who told me, “I took this extra science class because of you,” and that was one of the best compliments I had ever gotten in my entire existence. It’s up there with the girls who say, “I see myself represented in you.” Stepping into the world of TV and movies as a child actress, I saw the lack of people who looked like me. But it’s so much more than “I want to see somebody with my skin tone.” There could be 10 people who look like me on a show, but they all got killed in the first scene. Or they’re all in jail. Or they’re all the best friend. I want to see somebody who looks like me as the doctor and the criminal and the successful businessperson and the woman barely making a living. I want to see the spectrum.RB:I remember whenThe Princess and the Frog