I don't have to explain anything to trans women. Trans women know exactly what's going on. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Trans women of color dangerously fall in between the cracks of racial justice, feminist and LGbt movements. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I was in the seventh grade when I first began to identify as trans and express my gender identity as a girl.… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
My personal style really started in my teens when I gained purchasing power to actually buy my own damn clothes. For so… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
As someone who wasn't heavily supported or resourced as a young person when I was going through the hardest times of my… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
We have different experiences, but trans women have experiences that do parallel with the whole fabric of what womanhood is. Embracing trans… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“despite the all-encompassing acronym. Though trans youth seek community with cis gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer teens, they may have to educate… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
The transgender community has always been a part of Hawaiian society, where people who don't conform to the binary system of man/woman,… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
It is not a woman’s duty to disclose that she’s trans to every person she meets. This is not safe for a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“Being exceptional isn’t revolutionary, it’s lonely. It separates you from your community. Who are you, really, without community? I have been held… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Toughening up, performing masculinity, pretending to enjoy things I didn't enjoy all enabled me to dodge the gender policing of the adults… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I am a trans woman. My sisters are trans women. We are not secrets. We are not shameful. We are worthy of… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Becoming is the action that births our womanhood, rather than passive act of being born (an act none of us has a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Anytime that we - and when I say "we," I mean feminine people, trans feminine folk, women - do anything that is… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Because trans people are marked as artificial, unnatural, and illegitimate, our bodies and identities are often open to public dissection. Plainly, cisgender… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary… — Janet Mock Copy Share
Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture. — Janet Mock Copy Share
In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup. — Janet Mock Copy Share
“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.” — Janet Mock Copy Share
I was a mixed black girl existing in a westernized Hawaiian culture where petite Asian women were the ideal, in a white culture where… — Janet Mock Copy Share
Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our… — Janet Mock Copy Share
I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the… — Janet Mock Copy Share
We have to take care of our people. That's our work now. And it's going to be a lot harder than it would have… — Janet Mock Copy Share
“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that… — Janet Mock Copy Share
This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin… — Janet Mock Copy Share
“The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn't be who we wanted the other to be.” — Janet Mock Copy Share
We have to organize. We have to build up coalitions across all of these people who are considered "the other." If we all banded… — Janet Mock Copy Share
“Many people believe trans women choose to engage in the sex trade rather than get a real job. That belief is misguided because sex… — Janet Mock Copy Share
I was obsessed with 'The Velvet Rope' for a year straight, letting Janet Jackson's confessional lyrics lull me to sleep and comfort me when… — Janet Mock Copy Share
![“Anytime that we - and when I say "we," I mean feminine people, trans feminine folk, women - do anything that is centered on our own pleasure or desire, it's seen as frivolous. But learning how to love your own body and finding pleasure in something that has brought you pain [in the past] is so…” quote by Janet Mock](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/56f/janet-mock-2947_desire_anytime-that-we-and-when-i-say-we-i-mean_1859176.png)
