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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, Recognition, You

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, Personality, Myself, I Am, Me

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, Control, Short, Unique, Deepest

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

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, Challenge, Empathy, Parents, Gay

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, Step, People, World

Transgender doesn't need to imply loud. Kubra Sait

Need, Loud, Imply

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

People, Society, Dress, Believe, Feel

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, Body, Gender, Your Body

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

Nature, Choose, Will, Who, Individuals

I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who they are because there's such a huge stigma attached to that preference of their sexuality. Nafessa Williams

Think, Gay, Young, Difficult, Sexuality

Being transgender is not just a medical transition. Jazz Jennings

Medical, Transition, Being, Just

So many transgender people in the community are being covered with this umbrella of misconception that we are going to hurt someone. But we are not trying to hurt anyone. Jazz Jennings

Community, People, Hurt, Trying, Someone

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, Admit, Everyone

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

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

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

Character, Time, Identity, People, Me

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, You

I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment. Barney Frank

I Am, Equality, People, Proud, Legal

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

I think that's important - that transgender individuals are just like everyone else. We have our interests, our hobbies, our things we like to do. And people have to understand that. Jazz Jennings

People, Think, Important, Understand

It's something you're born with, and you realize that you're trapped in the wrong body. It's not like one day you're like, 'I want to be transgender!' Jazz Jennings

Day, Body, Born, You, Wrong, Want

I am a huge fan of the transgender community. Kesha

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

I wanted people not to care about whether you were gay, straight, black, white, transgender, whatever it may be... That being said, there's more work to be done... I still want to change the world, absolutely. Boy George

Work, Change, Change The World, People

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