“Trans people deserve something vital. They deserve your respect... If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there who are coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it.” PeopleIfsWantI CanRealityKidsNamesTermDoubtJokesDeserveIntentionBeing TrueCall MeTrans Author:Bruce Jenner
“So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.” PeopleSaidEnoughPlayActorsRolesPreparedFolksOscarsFabulousTrans Author:Laverne Cox
“I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work.” PeopleRepresentationSkepticalTrans Author:Laverne Cox
“I had a lot of questions where I had to be very frank and clinical. I had to go to school on it about what it could mean physically to be trans and the options that have to be weighed and considered. But I love that. Exploring that opens my worldview in ways that I would never be able to try.” WayTryingMeanAbleSchoolFrankExploringWorldviewTransClinicals Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“It happens all the time! People are always talking about that explosive moment in their family history that sort of changed everything and rattled the cage, and more times than not it has nothing to do with trans issues. That's why people are relating to the show Transparent, because our family is their family and they understand that dynamic.” PeopleMomentsShowsHappensTalkingIssuesChangedOur FamilyMore TimeCagesTransparentTransExplosivesFamily History Author:Judith Light
“Many of the trans women who are in our world are also in Caitlyn's Jenner world. And yes I've definitely spoken to her multiple times, talked to her, socialized with her. It's a small community when all is said and done, the trans community in Los Angeles. So everybody really knows each other and everybody's in contact.” KnowsWorldSaidDoneCommunityContactLos AngelesOur WorldMultipleTransSaid And DoneSmall Communities Author:Jill Soloway
“The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.” PeopleRealDealsTransitionSurgeryTransPreoccupation Author:Laverne Cox
“To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.” IfsWritingTryingPersonsDifferentHardWould BeImagineGayBoringDriversImagine ThatCreedsTruckTransViewpointsEthnicityTruck Driver Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“Here is a lesson in writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.” FirstsUseShowsSonTrans Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in the experience of trans people - so that there's more acceptance in the culture to the issues they face and more support.” PeopleWayImportantStoriesFacesCultureSupportIssuesAcceptanceImportant ThingsHopefullyFantasticMainstreamTrans Author:Tom Hooper
“Even thought this is a remarkable story [The danish Girl] and these are two fascinating people in their own right, Lili's story had been in the public domain but this had somehow slipped out of sight. It seemed bizarre then but I couldn't have imagined releasing the film in a climate like today around trans issues and the comfort people have about it in the public eye.” PeopleTwoStoriesEyeTodayFilmGirlIssuesComfortSightClimateFascinatingRemarkableBizarreDomainTransPublic EyeDanishPublic Domain Author:Lucinda Coxon
“The interesting thing about a song like 'Bulletproof Heart' - it was [originally] called 'Trans Am' - the interesting thing about the amalgamation of that song was that the song also lived within us, like we all got to live with the song and it was around for about a year before we recorded it again, so the song got to really transform, which you don't really get to do.” YearsHeartSongInterestingInteresting ThingsTransBulletproofAmalgamation Author:Mikey Way
“I started to draw and design clothes that I couldn't find, because everything was all luxury, fashion clothes or very straight. So I mixed all of that together: Who says I can't put a man in a skirt? Who says that a man can't wear lace? Who says that men can't wear Swarovski? Who says that men can't wear makeup? You know what I'm like; for me, straight, gay, women, men, trans, we're all the same. I don't see difference.” KnowsMenI CanTogetherDifferencesFashionDesignGayClothesDrawsLuxuryMakeupTransSkirtsLace Author:Riccardo Tisci
“Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for the way she melds this hard-edged social critique with obliquely fantastical elements and offbeat dialogue.” WayHardSocialStarsFictionNovelFocusGenerationsElementsSouthWideDialogueAppealsMinoritiesAwardsFavouritePublishingStanding OutCritiqueTransKoreanOrphanProtagonistsSlumsJungPrestigiousBooksellersOffbeatBrightest Star Author:Deborah Smith
“Although my own view is that bin Laden does not want to stage an attack that looks like 9/11 in Europe simply because he does not want to be the agent of Trans-Atlantic reconciliation. I think they will continue to do attacks like Madrid, the British attack, the subway systems, because those attacks have proven that the European response so far has been to blame the domestic government, not to side with the Americans.” ThinkingWantLooksDoeHas BeensGovernmentSidesMy OwnViewsStageEuropeBlameResponseBritishAgentsProvenReconciliationBin LadenTransSubwayMadrid Author:Michael Scheuer
“If you are a LGBTQ person, if you're going to travel somewhere, you do need to be mindful of where you're going, particularly depending on the country. That's just something unfortunately you need to think about. It's something you need to think about if you're a woman, it's something to think about particularly if you're a trans woman, and the problems a lot of trans people face when they're travelling.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsPersonsCountryProblemFacesTrans Author:Ellen Page
“They wanted to force me to be someone that I wasn't. They wanted me to delegitimize myself as a trans woman and I was not taking that. As a proud black trans woman, I was not going to allow the system to delegitimize, hyper-sexualize and take my identity away from me.” WantedForceBlackIdentityProudTransHyper Author:CeCe McDonald
“Trans women are getting killed EVERYDAY & you think the struggle is over because you can put a ring on a finger?!” ThinkingStruggleFingersEverydayRingsTrans Author:CeCe McDonald
“In a lot of states LGBT people can be fired for just being gay or for just being trans. That's totally legal.” PeopleStatesGayLgbtJust BeingTransBeing Gay Author:Ellen Page
“A huge part of the American trans population that's often overlooked are trans teenagers. Many of them are homeless, and those are not the people who are necessarily going in for a custom suit. But that's one of the reasons why we were excited that we got to do a contest with HBO to sponsor a young person getting a suit made who might not have the means to do it on their own.” PeopleMeanPersonsMadeReasonMightYoungHugePopulationExcitedSuitsTeenagerReason WhyCustomsHomelessContestsTransOverlookedSponsorsHbo Author:Lena Dunham
“There's no question that frankly Hillary Clinton took positions that she never had before because of this political movement. If you look at her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which she had previously repeatedly called the gold standard, she now says she's against it.” IfsLooksPoliticalMovementPositionStandardsGoldClintonOppositionPartnershipTransPacificPolitical MovementsGold Standard Author:Jonathan Tasini
“People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with trans fat. Before the Mexican Revolution, a hundred years ago, people were eating what now macrobiotics tells us to eat, corn, black beans, rice. That's what people were eating - and chile peppers. That's a healthy diet.” PeopleYearsLooksBlackProductsRevolutionHealthyEatingHappeningsHundredYears AgoBlameFilledFatsDietsMexicanCornRiceBeansTransFast FoodPeppersChileHealthy DietBlame MeMexican FoodMexican Revolution Author:Sandra Cisneros
“You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food, even if you're poor - you can't go out and buy a Sara Lee cake. You buy the big bag of cookies, those chocolate and vanilla ones with the icing. That has a lot of trans fat in it, but it goes a long way with a lot of people.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLongBigsPoorSweetTreatsNineFatsBagsChocolateCakeLong WayCookiesTransVanillaIcing Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Donald Trump has been rejecting the idea of trade agreements like NAFTA, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Has BeensIdeasTrumpTradeAgreementPartnershipTransPacificRejectingTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Audie Cornish
“We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.” PeopleKnowsTryingHas BeensModelsTrans Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.” PeopleKnowsPersonsNamesCallingFormerOffensiveTrans Author:Steven Petrow
“More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to sustaining the dynamism of our economies with the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the highest-standard trade agreement ever - which will support trade and innovation in both our countries.” CountrySupportEconomyHighestStandardsInnovationTradeCommittedOur CountryMinistersBoardsAgreementPrimePartnershipPrime MinisterTransPacificSingaporeSustainingDynamismTrade Agreements Author:Barack Obama
“[Most progressive in the Democratic Party] won't stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership or take a position against it, you know, which is an absolute assault on our democracy.” KnowsPartyDemocracyPositionAbsolutesDemocraticProgressivePartnershipAssaultDemocratic PartyTransPacific Author:Jill Stein
“To millennials, the Democratic Party is the party of endless debt, it is the party of low-wage jobs, it is the part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it is the party of the KXL pipeline, which was only stopped because, you know, because we, the voters, you know, just worked our bones - you know, worked ourselves to the bone in order to stop it.” KnowsJobsOrderPartyLowsDemocraticBonesDebtEndlessVotersPartnershipDemocratic PartyTransPacificMillennialsPipeline Author:Jill Stein
“I was against it [Trans-Pacific Partnership] once , it was finally negotiated and the terms were laid out.” TermPartnershipTransPacific Author:Hillary Clinton
“The facts are - I did say I hoped it [Trans-Pacific Partnership] would be a good deal, but when it was negotiated which I was not responsible for, I concluded it wasn't. I wrote about that in my book.” BookFactsWould BeDealsResponsiblePartnershipTransPacific Author:Hillary Clinton
“I was discouraged when I read that [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell said that Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead, but then I was told he turned around and said, "No, it's not."” SaidLeaderMinoritiesSenatePartnershipDiscouragedTransPacific Author:John Kasich
“With all those fledgling countries in Asia, who really want to stand with us but they live under the shadow of China and the smaller shadow of Russia. So I just think Trans-Pacific Partnership is really important both economically and geopolitically.” ThinkingWantImportantCountryShadowChinaRussiaPartnershipAsiaTransPacificFledglings Author:John Kasich
“I'm against Trans-Pacific Partnership now. I'll be against it after the election. I'll be against it when I'm president.” PresidentElectionPartnershipTransPacific Author:Hillary Clinton
“Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.” TryingPoliticalMovementVariousAppealsIslamicTransPolitical Movements Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“I was born in Australia and grew up in the foreign services. I had this kind of trans-Pacific life. I think I was always sort of oriented towards here's Australia and here's America and here's the Pacific.” ThinkingKindAmericaBornGrewGrew UpAustraliaTransPacificForeign Service Author:Jane Alison
“[Donald Trump] is talking a lot about redoing trade and that's the area that is getting globalists nervous. Number one, they want certainty. They do not want to see a disruption in trade. He's promising to rip up NAFTA, redo NAFTA. He's not going to do the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP trade with Asia.” WantNumbersTalkingTrumpAreasTradeNervousCertaintyPartnershipAsiaRipTransPacificDisruptionNaftaRedos Author:Maria Bartiromo
“If it's in the German interest to have good trans-Atlantic relations, well, the task is also to look ahead, but our personal - that we have freedom of movement in the whole of Germany so if we want to see each other, well, I'm game.” IfsWantWellsLooksWholeGamesInterestMovementTasksRelationGermanyTrans Author:Angela Merkel
“My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.” WritingNovelStrategyIntentionTrans Author:Vivek Shraya
“Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in my own life experiences. As someone who is "newly" trans, I am constantly thinking about what the dominant narratives are around transness, how my work can push against these narratives, and how it already falls into these traps.” ThinkingFacesFallSocialMy OwnMediaPressureNarrativeSpheresLife ExperienceTrapsDominantObservingTransMy Own LifeConstantly Thinking Author:Vivek Shraya
“There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers. We still face many administrative hurdles in every aspect of our lives. If anything, things are actually getting harder for us, because now there are people who are using our visibility as an excuse to say that we are already receiving fair and honest treatment, when the reality is that we are still in bad shape as a community.” PeopleIfsStillsRealityFacesCommunityOur LivesStreetsHonestShapesFairsAspectHarderPoliceFolksExcuseWanderTreatmentOfficersReceivingHomelessTransPolice OfficerHurdleAdministrativeVisibilityBystanders Author:Chelsea Manning
“The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and confidantes. I think I need to come up with a code name for this circle.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsImportantLastsNamesCoupleCome UpCirclesCodeTrans Author:Chelsea Manning
“I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.” ThinkingKindTransparencyTransAdvocacy Author:Chelsea Manning
“I am really passionate about transparency and trans rights issues, so I embrace these opportunities to speak. I try to stay in touch with those who are prominent in both the trans and transparency movements, but more often than not, I am speaking out on a particular issue on my own. I certainly hope that people listen to me and think about these issues. But regardless of whether I had a public venue to speak in, I would still be passionate about them.” PeopleThinkingTryingStillsOpportunitySpeakMy OwnIssuesRightsMovementParticularEmbracePassionateTransparencyTransProminentListen To MeVenuesSpeaking Out Author:Chelsea Manning
“I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple of years. However, that's not the same thing as equality.” YearsBelieveLastsI BelieveLevelsMovementCoupleTransUnprecedentedCrossroadsVisibility Author:Chelsea Manning
“There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.” StillsPoorLevelsProtectFolksAwfulTrans Author:Chelsea Manning
“I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions of individuals and how they should be regulated by governments. However, I think it's important to remember that it is the institutions themselves - schools, tax collection services, banks, human resources decisions, health departments, police departments, prosecutors, courts, and prisons - where the most devastating and systemic problems occur today. The scale of these problems is simply unimaginable.” ThinkingShouldHumansImportantProblemGovernmentTodayActionSchoolRememberIndividualDecisionFocusRightsInformationTaxesResourcesPoliceInstitutionsCourtPrisonScalesTendenciesDepartmentCollectionsTransHuman ResourcesUnimaginableProsecutorPolice Department Author:Chelsea Manning
“Surgical intervention can be precisely what a trans person needs - it is also not always what a trans person needs. Either way, one should be free to determine the course of one's gendered life.” WayNeedsShouldPersonsCoursesDetermineInterventionTrans Author:Judith Butler
“Gender assignment is a "construction" and yet many genderqueer and trans people refuse those assignments in part or in full. That refusal opens the way for a more radical form of self-determination, one that happens in solidarity with others who are undergoing a similar struggle.” PeopleWaySelfHappensFormStruggleDeterminationRefuseGenderRadicalConstructionSelf DeterminationSolidarityRefusalTransAssignments Author:Judith Butler
“Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue their own lives as they wish, and to have their freedom and desire affirmed by the rest of the world. This will happen only when transphobia is overcome at the level of individual attitudes and prejudices and in larger institutions of education, law, health care, and kinship.” PeopleWorldImportantHappensCareLawDesireIndividualWishLevelsAttitudeEnvironmentOvercomingPrejudiceInstitutionsAccessPursueHealth CareExcellentTransgenderTransAffirmativeKinship Author:Judith Butler