Amendments Quote by Allyson Robinson

By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted…

— John Paul Stevens

The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us.

— Chelsea Manning

I strongly support the rights of transgender individuals. I will not denigrate or deny their struggles. But I am concerned about the potential bad…

— Matt Gaetz

In some states, a very small number of states, it is illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their gender identity, transgender…

— Allyson Robinson

Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional…

— Judith Butler

Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time

— Joe Biden

A lot of insurance companies don't protect transgender people because they think it's medically unnecessary, but we deserve to be covered, and this is…

— Jazz Jennings

Transgender people frequently face bias in court and are assigned unsupportive public defenders, factors which lead to more extreme sentences and longer incarcerations.

— Sarah McBride

[Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best be seen in this light, as…

— Sheila Jeffreys

I agree completely that nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have…

— Judith Butler

I know that one day all transgender individuals will have the freedom to be who they are, no matter what. And we won't have…

— Jazz Jennings

I don't think we should be discriminating against anyone. Transgender people are people and deserve the best we can do for them.

— Orrin Hatch