"Transgender people really are misunderstood." — Zoey Tur

I am not covering stories as a transgender reporter. I'm a reporter who is transgender. Otherwise, it would be like having a black reporter only cover stories about blacks or a Hispanic reporter covering stories about Hispanics.

I'm not loved by GLAAD or by HRC. I'm not going to be a spokesman for those groups, which are based on fundraising.

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

While television can help normalize the lives of marginalized people, it also can exploit their hardships and reinforce stereotypes, reducing their lives to mere entertainment.

I think women make better pilots.

I knew at a very early age, about 6 years old, that there was something different about me. But being young and not being exposed to people who had gender dysphoria, or role models that you see on TV today, I didn't know what it was.

When I saw that Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, I was dumbfounded! Why would Google get into bed with thieves? They've built a huge audience on the backs of copyright holders - and then they say I have to monitor them?

One thing I quickly discovered as a female pilot - ditch the heels!

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Transgender people really are misunderstood.