Me Quote by Laura Jane Grace

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

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

— Yance Ford

When I first appeared in the media, it was rare to see trans people on TV, and young trans kids were unheard of.

— Jazz Jennings

As a young trans girl, I always saw the lack of representation, and wanted to fill the void and show other trans and nonbinary…

— Alex Consani

According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot device to…

— Janet Mock

Trans women are often fetishized, which sometimes makes us feel important in a world that doesn't always accept us.

— Dominique Jackson

I don't really think that being trans is one of the most interesting things about me, but it's definitely a unique quality that adds…

— Ethel Cain

I lived my life in my 20s as a man. I was trans in my 20s, that was a thing I was and that…

— Torrey Peters

Hopefully I can play a role where I'm not stigmatized to just being a trans woman.

— Mj Rodriguez

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 was never going to become a beautiful, passable woman, and I was never going to be a man. It's a quandary. But the…

— Anohni

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

— Fallon Fox