“Life is uncomfortable,' Wendi said, rolling her eyes as she remained focused on the dark streets ahead of us. 'You have to… — 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
I know intimately the struggle of trying to live your life and be yourself while feeling the pressure of an entire community… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
He's trying to do info-tainment. He doesn't really want to talk about trans issues, he wants to sensationalize my life and not… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
For so much of my life, I lived feeling as if, if I spoke, if I said something, I would lose everything.… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Media gatekeepers - editors, publishers, film studios and the like - need to begin investing in talent behind the scenes, developing and… — 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
I spent my life navigating systems built upon me - a black child in America - not making it out. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I get invited to a lot of college campuses, and administrators think it's going to be a lecture on 'trans-ness' or whatever.… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Your disrespect for me is apparent. You never respected me when I think about it and you never liked me. But I’m… — 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 Image
Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
