Because Quote by Angelica Ross

“When I was on 'Doubt' on CBS, there was a 60-second scene, but in that 60 seconds, people were so affected because it was trans women in a very normalized situation.”

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Somebody, just because they are black, too, or just because they are trans, too, or just because they're gay and recognize I'm trans, does…

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I used to wear so much makeup and be beat, and that would get me clocked, so then I'd wear less makeup.

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While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge…

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We have to learn to be allies to each other. We are in a deficit of financial and social capital, and TransTech aims to…

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Being trans comes at a high cost, but being black and trans can cost you your life.

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A man is able to take me to a restaurant, but he's not able to take me home to mom. Society is still not…

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There are cis women who are being attacked and called men because they are wearing makeup and because they are too tall, and they…

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Visibility has an effect on those who are privileged; it brings more privilege, and on those who are marginalized, it brings more marginalization, because…

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After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived with a friend. We come from a highly…

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I made a naive decision, and I joined the Navy. I figured I would use the G.I. Bill to pay for any college I…

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What I would love to happen is to have people at the top of their game - straight, gay, cisgender, transgender, whatever - to…

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They were totally uplifting my work and gave me a platform, and now I have an ongoing relationship with the White House. We're working…

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