ZOEY TUR

If someone asks about sexual reassignment surgery, you are supposed to say, 'Why are we talking about that?' But I am a post-op transsexual. And I am a reporter. If you can explain and talk about it, you demystify it. And if you demystify it, it's not an issue.

I'm so much more at ease now than when I was flying as Bob. Then, I was OCD about everything, always checking and looking for things. But flying as a female is effortless. I'm still checking traffic, instruments, and the radios, but it's easier to multitask, and flying is fun.

In covering breaking news, there's no better way than using a helicopter.

That's violence, terrible violence, to tell a woman to sit down and shut up.

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

True transgenders do hypermasculine things.

If what the transgender movement seeks is acceptance, association with the Kardashian circus is the last thing it needs.

I always felt like a fraud.

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?

When I was going through transition, I didn't push it on everyone.

I know so much about Los Angeles. I grew up here, I was born here, I loved it, and I reported on it.

I was raised in an environment where chaos was the norm, so I was at my best in chaos.

Flying as Bob, there was always stress involved.

I know the way this city works. We have one of the most corrupt cities in the country. The reason it's so corrupt is because everybody thinks it's honest, and it's not. You know the truth when you go to Chicago. The difference here in Los Angeles is you believe it's honest - and that's dangerous.

I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.

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.

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

I tell the truth. That's my training as a reporter.

Instead of doing what everybody else does and sue the city of Los Angeles, I decided I was going to run for mayor.

Everything about the Kardashian family's public image centers around shock and dysfunction - the very image the trans people are trying to shed.

When you're living a lie, the scariest thing is to be alone with your thoughts.

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.

Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America.

I came out to be on television as a person, as a woman. And this can be a great thing for my community.

There's diversity in nature, so why not the media?