“‘Our results support the notion that transgender children are not confused, delayed, showing gender-atypical responding, pretending, or oppositional,’ says the study being published in Psychological Science. ‘These results provide evidence that, early in development, transgender youths are nearly in…”— Dominic Holden, buzzfeed.com
“I don’t know about you but I don’t really think about the genitals of a person who’s peeing next to me. That’s kind of weird and private.”— Kat Blaque, everydayfeminism.com
“I absolutely do not accept the insistence that my trans body is grotesque and dangerous or that my health care is unnecessary or that I should simply not go to the bathroom. If challenging those narratives costs us elections, then those are elections I will gladly lose. We cannot be patient in our d…”— chase strangio, medium.com
“You are not any less of a man just because you have to take your binder off at night.”— trans-dysphoria-blues, trans-dysphoria-blues.tumblr.com
“I wonder how long it will be before the trans suicide notes start to feel redundant, before we realize that our bodies become lessons about sin way before we learn how to love them. Like God didn't save all this breath and mercy, like my blood is not the wine that washed over Jesus' feet.”— Lee Mokobe, ted.com
“It had nothing to do with hating my body, I just love it enough to let it go, I treat it like a house, and when your house is falling apart, you do not evacuate, you make it comfortable enough to house all your insides, you make it pretty enough to invite guests over, you make the floorboards strong…”— Lee Mokobe, ted.com
“Transgender people have used public restrooms for the last sixty years, and a mass epidemic of trans*-related sexual assault has not occurred. You may not realize that you’ve very possibly already shared a restroom with one of us. We just want to live our lives, enjoy the pursuit of happiness and em…”— Laura A. Jacobs, huffingtonpost.com
“They ask me if I was born in the wrong body. As if gender is that simple… I am not trapped in my body. I am trapped in other people’s perceptions of my body… I don’t want to hate my body for this. My body is not wrong. The way people talk about my body is wrong. But my body is the only thing I can c…”— Ollie Schminkey, outspokenwordpoetry.blogspot.dk
“It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen & visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.”— Laverne Cox, instagram.com
“I would like them to understand that we (transgender) are people. We’re human beings, and this is a human life. This is reality for us, and all we ask for is acceptance and validation for what we say that we are. It’s a basic human right.”— Andreja Pejic, vogue.com
“I believe when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And — and we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.”— Laverne Cox, youtube.com
“I understand you named me while I was unable to speak, but I have found my true voice. Now it’s my turn to tell everyone what my name is.”— hyunilsbf, hyunilsbf.tumblr.com
“Trans* people are exactly who they say they are — no matter what the culture or media would lead us to believe”— Janet Mock, thebuffalobelles.com
“Do you dwell on everyone’s junk when you meet them? Like, all you do all day long is think about dicks and janes? Is that your thing, Bailey? You can’t stop thinking about what’s in everyone’s pants?”— Brie Spangler, amazon.com
“My hope is that you can seek a body presentation that supports your life and creates a sense of overall well-being. You deserve to feel self-love and to feel safe and at home in the body that you inhabit.”— Dr. Melody Moore, nationaleatingdisorders.org
“Nobody knows as yet what is normal - we only know what is customary.”— Dr. Harry Benjamin, profeminist.tumblr.com
“But you can only lie about who you are for so long without going crazy.”— Ellen Wittlinger, amazon.com
“People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives.…”— Ellen Wittlinger, amazon.com