Born Quote by Janet Mock

Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary…

— Janet Mock

Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture.

— Janet Mock

In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup.

— Janet Mock

“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.”

— Janet Mock

Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time.

— Janet Mock

I was a mixed black girl existing in a westernized Hawaiian culture where petite Asian women were the ideal, in a white culture where…

— Janet Mock

Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our…

— Janet Mock

I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the…

— Janet Mock

We have to take care of our people. That's our work now. And it's going to be a lot harder than it would have…

— Janet Mock

“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that…

— Janet Mock

This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin…

— Janet Mock

“The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn't be who we wanted the other to be.”

— Janet Mock