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Carmen Carrera

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[Wikipedia] Carmen Carrera is an American reality television personality, model, burlesque performer, and actress, known for appearing on the third season of the Logo reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag U. Carrera is a transgender woman and transgender righ

Quotes by Carmen Carrera

Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I…

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Drag has always been an open space where anyone within the LGBT community can express their creativity.

Always

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I think that for a lot of people, I inspire them to be themselves.

I think

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I run into a lot of ignorance and stupidity. It gets really frustrating, but you have to take yourself out of it…

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Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

Being

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I'm very passionate and believe that every time the LGBT community is featured in the media, people are learning about us.

Community

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My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because…

Experience

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I know during my transition it was difficult for me to stop believing I would be stuck unhappy forever, but that's not…

Feelings

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I don't know any lingerie brands that really embrace transgender women at all, to be honest.

Any

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I want to be a mom. I want to be a wife.

Marriage

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Regardless of whether you're in a gay or heterosexual relationship, you're going to go through your ups and downs.

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Beauty is the idea of who you truly are.

Beauty

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Courtney Love gave me advice on how to stay focused. She told me I have a lot of positivity and I have…

Advice

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I always try to think about what I can do to let people know that I'm just like everyone else. I have…

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I want to inspire strength. I also want to inspire people to create their own happy reality.

Create

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I consider myself an activist for women like me, who want to be confident and don't want to be judged.

Like

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I don't want to reclaim the word 'tranny.' I don't want anyone to refer to me as 'tranny.'

Anyone

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My favorite hip hop album would be the 'Miseducation of Lauren Hill.'

Album

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It just so happens that I'm trans. It shouldn't have to be like 'Oh, that's the trans model selling the trans clothes.'

Clothes

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I see the human body as your soul's apartment.

Body

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For any model in this industry, you never know if you're going to get work. You never know if people are going…

Failure

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If people can understand me and accept me as a woman, I'm going to get booked for more jobs.

Accept

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I don't dedicate my whole life to being a trans advocate. But I do believe that me, and how I represent myself…

Believe

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For me, I know I am a trans activist and I try my best to stand up when the time is right,…

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It's important to have transgender representation because we represent the forthcoming generation, and their new perception on the standard of beauty -…

Beauty

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