People Quote by Janet Mock Download Open image “Trans people are not a monolith.” — Janet Mock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare People
Often people detransition because life as a trans person is very difficult. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Many people don't have trans people in their lives. They don't have that experience to know that they're just normal people who not only… — Jeff Varner Copy Share Image
Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
Transness is taking control to bring your body more in line with your soul and spirit so the two aren't fighting against each other… — Sophie Copy Share Image
Nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and trans people have always been around, just as long as any other type of person. — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
Trans people are a minority. But for every person like me who's made a conscious step to do something about the feeling we've had… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Being trans means different things to different people. Some people don't take hormones, some people don't have surgery, some people are just happy living… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
There's still an immense amount of discrimination that happens against trans people. — Alaska Copy Share Image
The basic building blocks of being trans are not 'other' to other people: the desire to be recognised by the people that you love… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn't be who we wanted the other to be.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
