Quotes About Advocacy

I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.

My name is Sarah McBride, and I am a proud transgender American.

Access to public facilities like bathrooms is important for transgender people. But the fight for transgender rights does not begin and end at the bathroom door.

These kids at the Ali Forney Center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that they are lesbian, gay, or transgender - this organization really is saving lives.

I hope to stop discrimination against young transgender people.

All our friends - so many friends are gay or lesbian and transgender. We're just in that world. We all went through the devastating time of the AIDS crisis, and I think that galvanized us to be more activists - AIDS activists.

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

For me, I know I am a trans activist and I try my best to stand up when the time is right, but at the same time, I don't always want to be considered transgender around my friends and people at my daughter's school. I just want to be considered a woman.

Through Tamil movie 'Kanchana' I wanted to convey the pain and struggles of transgenders and the movie received lot of appreciation from transgender's community and the public.

I want to be able to supply the knowledge that transgender women need in order to live peacefully and become accepted among all men and women.

Will #metoo translate into #webelieveyou? #Wecanonlyhope.

The fact that I stick up for women doesn't mean that I think all men are rapists. But that's lost somewhere in translation. Obviously I don't think that. I married one! I gave birth to two of them.

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.

I look forward to being a voice of reason in fighting for transparent and accountable budgets.

I have fought for public transportation.

Anyone who's really fighting for justice must live as a private citizen and not as a public figure if he's going to survive even a short time.

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.

If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway

Now, if you want me to get out of the world, you had better get the women votin' soon. I shan't go till I can do that.

Den dat little man in black dar, he say women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wan't a woman! Whar did your Christ come from?" Rolling thunder couldn't have stilled that crowd, as did those deep, wonderful tones, as she stood there with outstretched arms and eyes of fire. Raising her voice still louder, she repeated, "Whar did your Christ come from? From God and a woman!

I have spent my life working for the greater good and the protection of the innocent and--yes!--the wrongly accused. That group includes you, monsieur. Also, today, it includes Hercule Poirot. I too am wrongly accused.