There's a burden of responsibility for me to show up correct - in my head, if I don't do it right, then… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
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
When you hear anyone policing the bodies of trans women, misgendering and othering us, and violently exiling us from spaces, you should… — 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.… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot… — 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
This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We… — 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
Any woman's right to self-identify is a personal freedom I fight for, and those women who claim trans women are not women… — 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
“Many people believe trans women choose to engage in the sex trade rather than get a real job. That belief is misguided… — 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
