Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque

Yeah. I thought about age so much. And I talk about that in the book because I was so much younger than everybody else when I came out. And that made me feel really isolated too. It made me feel so stupid and embarrassed. And I wanted everybody to think I was older than I was because it wasn't cool. Like the people that were –

Yeah. I thought about age so much. And I talk about that in the book because I was so much younger than everybody else when I came out. And that made me feel really isolated too. It made me feel so stupid and embarrassed. And I wanted everybody to think I was older than I was because it wasn't cool. Like the people that were –

Yeah. I thought about age so much. And I talk about that in the book because I was so much younger than everybody else when I came out. And that made me feel really isolated too. It made me feel so stupid and embarrassed. And I wanted everybody to think I was older than I was because it wasn't cool. Like the people that were –

The next range were like Lindsay Lohan and she was maybe 18 or 20 when I was 13 and Sierra, who was just coming out at the same time, she was like 18 or 19. And I was just like, you know, a middle schooler. So I thought about age a lot because people were always like, oh, my God, how amazing is it how young you are? And I'm like, stop talking about how young I am.

The next range were like Lindsay Lohan and she was maybe 18 or 20 when I was 13 and Sierra, who was just coming out at the same time, she was like 18 or 19. And I was just like, you know, a middle schooler. So I thought about age a lot because people were always like, oh, my God, how amazing is it how young you are? And I'm like, stop talking about how young I am.

The next range were like Lindsay Lohan and she was maybe 18 or 20 when I was 13 and Sierra, who was just coming out at the same time, she was like 18 or 19. And I was just like, you know, a middle schooler. So I thought about age a lot because people were always like, oh, my God, how amazing is it how young you are? And I'm like, stop talking about how young I am.

And now it's so interesting to not – to by far not be the youngest person in the room. And all I want is for young people to just not rush growing up and to enjoy the lack of responsibilities and the lack of pressure, like to just have more fun because I never wanted to be a kid.

And now it's so interesting to not – to by far not be the youngest person in the room. And all I want is for young people to just not rush growing up and to enjoy the lack of responsibilities and the lack of pressure, like to just have more fun because I never wanted to be a kid.

And now it's so interesting to not – to by far not be the youngest person in the room. And all I want is for young people to just not rush growing up and to enjoy the lack of responsibilities and the lack of pressure, like to just have more fun because I never wanted to be a kid.

I mean, the dynamic of my family was, you know, my mom and dad weren't together, and they both had their separate challenges, as everyone does. And how did that change? I mean, I became... the financial provider for my mom and I. She was managing me. She had been cleaning houses for a living before that. We come from a working class background. And, you know, my uncle was a painter.

I mean, the dynamic of my family was, you know, my mom and dad weren't together, and they both had their separate challenges, as everyone does. And how did that change? I mean, I became... the financial provider for my mom and I. She was managing me. She had been cleaning houses for a living before that. We come from a working class background. And, you know, my uncle was a painter.

I mean, the dynamic of my family was, you know, my mom and dad weren't together, and they both had their separate challenges, as everyone does. And how did that change? I mean, I became... the financial provider for my mom and I. She was managing me. She had been cleaning houses for a living before that. We come from a working class background. And, you know, my uncle was a painter.

And then we do have some family in real estate and stuff like that. My dad was fully disabled at a certain point. He was like a headhunter. And then he His boss asked him to like jump in a trash can to like get the trash down like a big size. And then he like injured himself. And so neither – I mean my mom worked her butt off to make sure that we never wanted for anything.

And then we do have some family in real estate and stuff like that. My dad was fully disabled at a certain point. He was like a headhunter. And then he His boss asked him to like jump in a trash can to like get the trash down like a big size. And then he like injured himself. And so neither – I mean my mom worked her butt off to make sure that we never wanted for anything.

And then we do have some family in real estate and stuff like that. My dad was fully disabled at a certain point. He was like a headhunter. And then he His boss asked him to like jump in a trash can to like get the trash down like a big size. And then he like injured himself. And so neither – I mean my mom worked her butt off to make sure that we never wanted for anything.

And the way it changed the dynamic was that we were making money.

And the way it changed the dynamic was that we were making money.

And the way it changed the dynamic was that we were making money.

I think I was used to being in high –

I think I was used to being in high –