Calling Quote by Steven Petrow

Trans people deserve something vital. They deserve your respect... If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead, because…

— Bruce Jenner

I think it is necessary to educate folks on trans issues and to make them aware of trans identities and normalise it, because it…

— Nicole Maines

Too often, when transgender people die, family members or funeral homes will end up dressing a body of a transgender person in the garments…

— Sarah McBride

Unfortunately, it seems to me that when it comes to issues affecting the trans community, most people who are cisgender - a word describing…

— Chelsea Manning

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 don't want to reclaim the word 'tranny.' I don't want anyone to refer to me as 'tranny.'

— Carmen Carrera

A lot of people don't consider the name. People who are not trans think of possible surgeries... and they think about what's beneath the…

— Rebecca Root

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

There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step…

— Janet Mock

I hate that when they call me a transvestite.

— Divine

We're trying to humanize the trans community. It's about showing us as normal, everyday human beings who just happen to be trans.

— Dominique Jackson

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