I don't have shame around where I've been or what I've done to survive to get to where I'm at in my life. When you don't have shame around something, it can't hurt you. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I feel like if Hollywood can stretch for inclusion and intersectionality, and being intentional with its intersectionality, that that can ripple out past Hollywood… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I'm not getting into rooms for cis roles. I started my career auditioning for those roles, and then I went to play trans roles.… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I used to watch 'Star Trek' on weeknights as a kid while I did my homework for school. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
As much of a privilege as it is to pass, it's painful. You have to compartmentalize your life. That's awkward. Dating can be horrible. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic. Trans actors… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
That is the next step for out trans actors - to just be treated as actors and not 'trans actors.' — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I recall the magic being on set for season one of 'Transparent.' The trans inclusivity of our set was unparalleled at the time. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
Trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, and we're not even being afforded the opportunity to tell our own stories.… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
Trans folk are so often pushed to the margins and not afforded the resources and opportunities that some nontrans people are. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
A lot of my chosen family is black and I say that unabashedly. For anyone who doesn't understand that, they just don't understand me… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I lived what we call 'stealth' for a number of years. Even when I started acting in the industry, I didn't disclose. I didn't… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
