Being gay Quote by Patti Smith

My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because at that…

— Carmen Carrera

I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But…

— Chaz Bono

If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s,…

— Rob Halford

There's still an immense amount of discrimination that happens against trans people.

— Alaska

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 couldn't remember when I'd stopped willing to be trans and started wanting to be trans. If there were a difference, I'd forgotten it.

— Hari Nef

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 know that one day all transgender individuals will have the freedom to be who they are, no matter what. And we won't have…

— Jazz Jennings

Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.

— Laura Jane Grace

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

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

When I would walk down the runway back in the late 90s, I could feel the tension from others who knew I was transgender.…

— Dominique Jackson