Building Quote by Dean Spade

There are sharply different, competing models of what trans advocacy looks like - those that seek to follow the path laid out by the…

— Dean Spade

'Normal Life' looks at the current moment in trans politics, understanding that it is often assumed that trans resistance strategies should mimic the lesbian…

— Dean Spade

Trans activism in the US has most frequently been grassroots, centered on poverty and criminalization, and often oppositional to the exclusionary "mainstreaming" threads in…

— Dean Spade

I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple of years.…

— Chelsea Manning

The work that needs to be done now is to diversify the picture of LGBTQ people so that people can see that we come…

— Wilson Cruz

The LGBT movement has been coopted by the very institutions it once sought to transform,

— Urvashi Vaid

“Out & Equal is about work. It's about authenticity. It's also about justice. Essentially it's about love, because when you get right down to…

— Selisse Berry

There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not link easily…

— Noam Chomsky

I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we…

— Jill Stein

Our movement is evolving. The movement to liberate our sexuality as a human right, that's an ongoing struggle.

— Gilbert Baker

Trans women of color dangerously fall in between the cracks of racial justice, feminist and LGbt movements.

— Janet Mock

Transgender folks have been part of the push for LGBT equality from the beginning, and we've spoken with loud and intelligent voices and have…

— Chelsea Manning