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Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities. Linda Thompson

Black, Short, Control, Unique, Gay, Tall

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. Barack Obama

Children, People, Win, Friends, Think

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 to face the cruel judgments of society. We can just live our lives and be treated and respected like everyone else. Jazz Jennings

Freedom, Live, Day, Society, Face, Know

Being transgender isn't a medical transition. It's a process of learning to love yourself for who you are. Jazz Jennings

Love, Learning, Yourself, Love Yourself

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people. Judith Light

People, You, Gay, Know, Bisexual

I wouldn't change myself at all. Being transgender makes me who I am: a strong person, a confident person. Being transgender gives me my personality. Jazz Jennings

Change, Myself, Personality, I Am, Me

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. Billie Jean King

People, Gay, Know, Want, May, Admit

I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect. Sarah McBride

Respect, People, Hurt, Conversation

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this. Mercedes Ruehl

Nature, Choose, Will, Who, Individuals

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 for many transgender people because it's also a very visible one. Janet Mock

Power, Yourself, People, Step, World

I remember, as a child, lying in my bed at night praying that I would wake up the next day and be a girl, to be my authentic self, and to just have my family be proud of me. I remember looking into the mirror struggling to say just two words, 'I'm transgender.' Sarah McBride

Family, Mirror, Girl, Day, Words, Child

I don't think we should be discriminating against anyone. Transgender people are people and deserve the best we can do for them. Orrin Hatch

Best, People, Think, Deserve, Against

Being transgender is more than just medical books and everything, procedures. It's something spiritual in which you're finding yourself and really discovering who you are and learning to love yourself. Jazz Jennings

Love, Learning, Spiritual, Yourself, You

When gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals come out, their friends and families, for the most part, understand what it feels like to love and to lust. Cisgender people have more of a challenge when it comes to transgender identities. I discovered that analogy of homesickness in conversations with my parents, in trying to bridge that empathy divide. Sarah McBride

Love, Parents, Challenge, Empathy, Gay

I think it's really difficult for folks that aren't transgender to really wrap their mind around the feeling of having a gender identity that differs from their sex assigned at birth. But for me, it felt like a constant feeling of homesickness. Sarah McBride

Identity, Mind, Me, Gender, Think, Birth

I want to help transgender individuals who might be struggling realize that they have to love themselves and stay true to who they are because if they keep moving forward, and keep a positive attitude, then things will get better. Jazz Jennings

Positive, Love, Attitude, Moving Forward

Progress can't happen just from trans people being out in the open. Society also has to truly accept transgender individuals. If society is capable of treating us equally, then we can and will live authentically. Jazz Jennings

Live, Progress, Society, People, Will

There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate. Chaz Bono

People, Brain, Gender, Body, Birth

The first time I heard the word 'transgender' had been in a sitcom episode that mocked the potential for cisgender people to find people like me attractive. Every time someone expressed any interest in the gorgeous trans guest character - her identity still a secret to most of the main characters in the show - the laugh track would cue. Sarah McBride

Time, Character, Identity, People, Me

I definitely feel that society sets expectations for transgender people to fit in and makes us feel as if we have to dress a certain way so that we blend in with everyone else. But I believe all transgender individuals should be able to wear whatever they want and not worry about fitting in. Jazz Jennings

Dress, Society, People, Believe, Feel

As I got older, I learned about how some people treated their transgender children, and I was shocked. I couldn't understand how someone would leave their child and throw them on the street. I was always taught you give your kid unconditional love and if you don't, something's wrong with you, for real. Jazz Jennings

Love, Children, People, Child, Someone

Whenever you tell a group of people that they can't use bathrooms, or they can't access spaces that other people use, that is dehumanizing. It is discriminatory, and it reinforces the stigma and the prejudices that the transgender community already faces. Sarah McBride

Community, People, You, Group, Tell

Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace. Gloria Steinem

Women, Health, People, Challenges, Care

The struggle isn't just about being straight or gay or transgender - it's a human struggle. That's always really been my kind of starting point: If you're out there and you're odd, come over to my house. Boy George

Struggle, You, Gay, House, Kind, Human

I am a huge fan of the transgender community. Kesha

Community, I Am, Fan, Am, Huge Fan, Huge

Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Jeff Sessions are using their powers and offices to make life as difficult as possible for everyone from the transgender worker to the gay widower to the queer undocumented immigrant. These efforts are not about bathrooms or religious freedom; they're about driving LGBTQ people out of public life. Sarah McBride

Life, Freedom, People, Driving, Gay

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