Believe Quote by Laverne Cox

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

— Laverne Cox

I do think the issue with trans lives - especially in the Black community - doesn't necessarily lie within racism, but it does lie…

— Bob the Drag Queen

I have had a small handful of truly blatantly discriminatory experiences for being transgender, but the vast majority are simply the differences between being…

— Vivienne Ming

Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds me that…

— Laverne Cox

You know what, man, that's part and parcel of being a black person in this country: everything's harder. It just is.

— Justin Simien

As a black man in America, I have lived the truth.

— Ron Stallworth

Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional…

— Judith Butler

It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand and lie about who you actually are.

— Alice Walker

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

— Mike Tyson

“What do you do when you find yourself out in a lie—even a white one? Well, one thing for sure, you don't put on…

— Vincent Price

It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand there and lie about who you actually are. That's the trap.

— Alice Walker

As a black woman of trans experience, my position in this society leaves me really no choice but to stand for the intersectional identities…

— Indya Moore