Media Quote by Jazz Jennings

When I was young, I didn't see anyone who was trans like me anywhere in the movies.

— Yance Ford

Saying it now sounds obvious, but that can be really hard to remember when you're a trans kid who feels like your world's been…

— Nicole Maines

When I was growing up, I didn't know of anybody who was trans. There was always, like, this shame, anxiety thing around all of…

— Teddy Geiger

I can remember back to being 5 and looking in the mirror, feeling like a girl and wanting that. But growing up in Rochester,…

— Teddy Geiger

I think when kids are younger, they don't have these preconceived notions of what a transsexual person is.

— Fallon Fox

Growing up, I never saw images of trans people succeeding.

— Trace Lysette

Trans kids are living in the future in a way. When I was growing up, "transgender" wasn't even a word. It wasn't used. Just…

— Rhys Ernst

I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One couldn't imagine…

— Patti Smith

I'd never have imagined it when I was younger. A trans woman on the cover of 'Time?' That is unfathomable to the 15-year-old me.

— Laura Jane Grace

To me, it feels like every time I'm watching some trans story, it's about their grief around their gender. And there's not really a…

— Patti Harrison

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

— Trace Lysette

There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans.

— Rebecca Root