I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've chronicled the experience of the mother of a transgender child who got attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, and… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
What is fabulous about gay marriage is that it redefines the gender designated jobs, then you throw in transgender and you don't… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“John [the father] kept saying, "You have a penis. That means you’re a boy." One day, Shannon noticed that her son had… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“Books were irreplaceable to me as a teenage trans person trying to figure out my identity. I bought or borrowed every one… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
Transgender issues, and LGBT issues generally, have entered the public conversation on a national level, so there's more need to find people… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
“So it's actually way easier just to humor these men who grew up watching movies where the girl doesn't like the hero… — Imogen Binnie Copy Share Image
The people that say diversity is the reason for the greatness are purposely assaulting the United States as founded. They want you… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Being a black transgender woman in America is really hard. It's been really hard for me. But for me living a lie… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
The first time I heard the word 'transgender' had been in a sitcom episode that mocked the potential for cisgender people to… — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
“Before this case, he’d never given any thought to transgender issues. His employers flew the rainbow flag and celebrated Pride week, so… — Dawn Chalker Copy Share Image
“A lot more airtime is given to other people's use of us, rather than our own experiences. Our existence is made into… — Alok Vaid-Menon Copy Share Image
If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“Here’s a story I heard: somewhere there was a transgender woman trying to explain her transition to a geeky-but-otherwise-clueless friend. Nothing she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“After three hours, I come back to the waiting room. It is a cosmetic surgery office, so a little like a hotel… — Joan Nestle Riki Anne Wilchins Clare Howell Copy Share Image
“My body is a political battlefield. It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
“["Manning Up"'s] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
If you're a person with resources who is LGBT, you may have some problems with that - but, frankly, you'll probably have… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
We had so many milestones in America. We were on our way to universal healthcare. We had gay marriage. We were talking… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
By holding to the first woman, the first black, the first homosexual, the first transgender, the first native American, the first whatever,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“That said, many people who are transgender choose not to undergo surgery, even if they can afford it. There could be a… — Chris Edwards Copy Share Image
I would rather sit next to a transgender person and discuss why every single one I've met smells like a bar in… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Fetishes are literally viewed as fake forms of attraction. The fetish concept is used to delegitimatize attraction to any and all bodies… — Julia Serano Copy Share Image
“When the majority of jokes made at the expense of trans people center on "men wearing dresses" or "men who want their… — Julia Serano Copy Share Image
I love New York. It's made me realize that God's a lot bigger than I thought he was. It's a really interesting… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
“I exclusively use they/them and he/him pronouns now, and that is what I expect people to use when referring to me in… — Nevo Zisin Copy Share Image
I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Looking at the huge number of transgender women of color who have been murdered since the beginning of the year - that… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I am transgender, so 'he' is not appropriate and 'she' is problematic. I haven't been one to wage war with society to… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
“The term “FTM-Butch Border War” just sounds like an alien land of yore. How is it that the gravitational pull of my… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“What is faith, if not an acceptance that there are things out there that cannot be explained? You know what you know,… — Ian Thomas Malone Copy Share Image
Hijras earn a living by egging, sex work, badhai or blessing. There are now transgenders in social work, the fashion industry, who… — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Copy Share Image
“Being creatures means that we cannot re-create ourselves in any fashion or form that we desire by a simple act of the… — Andrew T. Walker Copy Share Image
“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each… — Linda Thompson Copy Share Image
![“John [the father] kept saying, "You have a penis. That means you’re a boy." One day, Shannon noticed that her son had been in the bathroom an awfully long time and pushed the door open. "He had a pair of my best, sharpest sewing scissors poised, ready to cut. Penis in the scissors. I said, 'What…” quote by Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/andrew-solomon-1140_gender_john-the-father-kept-saying-you-have-a-p_2623428.jpg)
![“["Manning Up"'s] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea of “shared womanhood”). Trans men don’t all transition to just become “men,” which was one of the projects’ cornerstone concepts. They become black…” quote by Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/mitch-kellaway-52397_feminism_manning-up-s-essays-definitely-nuance-th_1256955.jpg)
![“I was in a conversation and someone said: "You know, we were talking about the whole issue of transgender and how it has become so accepted now, and somebody said, 'You know the Oprah show, I think has had a big impact.'" I said, I don't think so. We did several transgender [shows], but we didn't…” quote by Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/oprah-winfrey-186_accepted_i-was-in-a-conversation-and-someone-said_25645.png)
![“The term “FTM-Butch Border War” just sounds like an alien land of yore. How is it that the gravitational pull of my beard and low-voice should hold [my lesbian friend's] masculinity in deferential orbit? That when standing side-by-side we are supposedly read in comparison, rendering her…” quote by Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/mitch-kellaway-52397_masculinity_the-term-ftm-butch-border-war-just-sound_276237.jpg)
