“If signed into law, civil rights organizations, including the ACLU, have vowed to challenge it in court.”— Amanda Arnold, thecut.com
“My privilege has allowed me to have resources to get through and to be where I am today, and of course I want to use that privilege and platform to help in the ways I can.”— Elliot Page, time.com
“'To all the trans people who deal with harassment, self-loathing, abuse, and the threat of violence every day: I see you, I love you, and I will do everything I can to change this world for the better,' Page continued.”— Matt Donnelly, Variety , variety.com
“The real answer to the question asked years ago on that couch is, actually, I’m bisexual. But if I wasn’t, I guess I would be straight? IDK. I guess I don’t have to decide that. I don’t know if anyone does — at least not for anyone else.”— Nikolas Toner, gomag.com
“You know, when I was growing up in the '60s, I watched a lot of television, I watched a lot of movies, and the only...only positive representation I saw of anything transfeminine was Bugs Bunny.”— Susan Stryker, imdb.com
“What trans people really need, though, is a sense of a broader history of that representation, so that they can, kind of, find themselves in it.”— Jen Richards, imdb.com
“I think, for a very long time, the ways in which trans people have been represented on-screen have suggested that we're not real, have suggested that we're mentally ill, that we don't exist. And yet, here I am. Yet here we are, and we've always been here.”— Laverne Cox, imdb.com
“Making a ban on trans enlistees both a symbol of trans exclusion from public institutions and a huge economic hit for thousands of people.”— Lucy Diavolo, teenvogue.com
“When we separate students by their assumed genitalia for sex education, we are reinforcing the idea that genitals are equal to gender, and that there is no difference between sex and gender.”— Syd Stephenson, Teen Vogue, teenvogue.com
“James keeps on getting called by his deadname... until he uses his true name at Starbucks.”— Alex Bollinger, LGBTQ Nation, lgbtqnation.com
“She did what she felt she had to do: play the part. She did it to perfection, until she couldn’t.”— Danielle Marian Smith, nytimes.com
“25-year-old Teddy Quinlivan has the honor of breaking history with Chanel.”— Kathleen Hou, The Cut, thecut.com
“The thing about secrets is they tend to reveal themselves in the most inopportune moments.”— Katelyn Burns , vox.com
“I couldn't explain why I did the things I did. So I went to this psychiatrist who explained to me I was a woman in a man's body. So Sonny right away wanted to get me money for a sex change operation: but where was he to get that? 2,500 dollars! My God, he's in hock up to his ears already.”— Frank Pierson, Leon Shermer, Chris Sarandon, imdb.com
“You can’t magically change your gender. You can’t magically change your sex. You can’t magically change your age.”— Ben Shapiro, nytimes.com
“The midwife didn’t know, my parents didn’t know, that the pockets of our bodies can hold much more. Sometimes they are hiding these special, monumental things that we might not find for years, sometimes whole lifetimes.”— T. Wise, manrepeller.com
“Of course, you don’t need to change your name legally in order to start going by a new name, but for many, changing your name is a huge step in affirming your gender identity.”— Danielle Corcione, teenvogue.com
“The thing about hiring non-trans actors to play trans people & non-disabled people to play disabled people is this: Being trans & being disabled aren’t costumes to just take on and off for award seasons. We don’t deserve the insinuation that our lives are a performance & not real.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I am not gay, and I am certainly not sinful. What I am is a woman, Mother. Not your son, but your daughter.”— Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Blanca Rodriguez, Mj Rodriguez, imdb.com