Big Quote by Trace Lysette

I'm not getting into rooms for cis roles. I started my career auditioning for those roles, and then I went to play trans roles.…

— Trace Lysette

A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play…

— Dominique Jackson

I think I had something to prove to myself, that I could book a cis role and then if I did come out one…

— Trace Lysette

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

— Mj Rodriguez

I've been told that I can't do things simply because I was trans.

— Carmen Carrera

There's something gorgeously ambiguous about being trans. That's something I love about being trans, is that I use it to my advantage to be…

— Rebecca Root

Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our…

— Janet Mock

The things trans people feel are things cis people feel.

— Torrey Peters

Any way that I can use my career or my platform to push along transgender visibility in the mainstream and society serves me on…

— Laura Jane Grace

“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that…

— Janet Mock

I think that trans women have endured a lot and they compromise a lot when dealing with cis hetero men.

— Trace Lysette

There's a lot that cis and trans women have to say to each other. We're all dealt blows, and we move on with tenacity…

— Torrey Peters