Quotes About Inclusion

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.

I've always been transgender, and I always will be. Having said that, my spirit is feminine. If you had to divide humanity into two groups, I would sit with the women.

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

Put simply, barring transgender people from restrooms consistent with their gender identity doesn't help anyone, and continuing to allow transgender people to access those restrooms doesn't hurt anyone.

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.

If I only care about equality for transgender people, then I am leaving so many people behind - if I'm not at the same time seeking to end discrimination against people of color, seeking to end discrimination against women, seeking to ensure that people of every religious background have an equal opportunity.

It's OK to be talking to one another about what it means to be transgender. We don't have to shield everyone from the existence of people like me.

I hope to stop discrimination against young transgender people.

We just want to help people understand that it's okay to be transgender, and they're just like everyone else.

Being transgender has completely turned boys off from liking me.

I think that the fact of the matter is that metal isn't really part of the big picture of the gay, lesbian, transgender music scene. But it's certainly there. There's gay metalheads all over the world.

One may assume that playing a transgender is different, but I'm simply playing a third gender. Why should it make my acting process any different?

If what the transgender movement seeks is acceptance, association with the Kardashian circus is the last thing it needs.

I am not covering stories as a transgender reporter. I'm a reporter who is transgender. Otherwise, it would be like having a black reporter only cover stories about blacks or a Hispanic reporter covering stories about Hispanics.

I had the idea that I'm going to make a trans-genre film about a transgender woman.

I feel like so many people invalidate the experience of transgender girls thinking that they aren't regular girls, but I am a normal girl.

There are so few books for little kids that actually mention the word transgender and explain what it is in simple terms.

I want it to be that transgender is normal. Let us live our lives. Let us be happy. The world will be a better place when we have that freedom. I think I'm going to be alive to see it.

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

Military members understand that the focus is on completing the mission. We don't care if you are tall or short; have dark skin or pale skin or freckles; or are gay, straight, or transgender.

I would hope that one day there will be a time when it's not so much about transgender, it's just people will just see us as women.

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.