Quote by Neal Stephenson

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

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

“I’m transgender” she repeated. “It means I was born with certain male characteristics. One of which I still have.”

— Calloway North

When we have trans actors play trans characters, people can look onscreen and say, 'OK, this is what trans is.'

— Nicole Maines

“I don't actually know what 'transgenic' means. I just know that I have to express doubt or repulsion whenever I say it. It impresses…

— Ignácio de Loyola Brandão

“...she figured out that she was such a mess not because she was trans, but because being trans is so stigmatized. If you could…

— Imogen Binnie

I think that it's important to say that trans people exist, and we are valid, whether we choose to transition or not. It's really…

— Asia Kate Dillon

The things trans people feel are things cis people feel.

— Torrey Peters

When we have a trans woman playing a trans woman, then you see, 'Oh wait, this is what trans really is. This is what…

— Nicole Maines

“...nobody really wants to be a trans woman, i.e. nobody wakes up and goes whoa, maybe my life would be better if I transitioned,…

— Imogen Binnie

The problem with the spectrum that is trans-ness and where people like Caitlyn Jenner lie, transitioning and being trans is more than a physical…

— Angelica Ross

Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist.

— Nicole Maines