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" 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. "

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" The reason why access to facilities - and access to public spaces - is so important is because it's much more difficult to go to work, to go to school, to participate in the public marketplace if you can't access bathrooms that make sense for you, that match who you are. "

Sarah McBride

Difficult

Important

You

" There is no one-size-fits-all narrative; everyone's path winds in different ways. "

" When you know someone's story, it becomes much harder to hate them. "

" We certainly hope that Secretary DeVos will work on behalf of every student and ensure equal access to a safe and quality education for LGBTQ young people. "

" Homophobia, transphobia, and sexism, they're all rooted in the same prejudice: the belief that one perception at birth - the sex we are assigned - should dictate who we are, who we love, how we act, and what we do. "

" We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. "

" For some, the fear of coming out is so great, they can continue to live an inauthentic life. But at a certain point, the pain becomes too much to bear. For me, having one more day pass by where I wasn't living my true self seemed like such a wasted opportunity, such a wasted life. "

" Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival. "

" 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

Gender

Mind

" The Internet has been great for the LGBT community. I know many older transgender people who say, 'I didn't know there was a single person like me until I was 40.' I can't imagine growing up in my teenage years without access to that information. "

Sarah McBride

Community

People

" The reality is that Hillary Clinton has been a steadfast supporter of LGBT equality. She has evolved on the issue of LGBT equality, and I think we are a better movement when we give people space to grow and learn. We can't reduce it to a single issue like marriage equality. "

" LGBTQ people are still targeted by hate that lives in both laws and in hearts. "

" It was easier to forget, or be dismissive about, transgender issues when there weren't transgender staffers or interns walking the halls of the White House. "

" When I came out, I wondered whether I had a future not just professionally but romantically. Would I be able to find someone who loved me? "

" A life in pursuit of position or power is not a life well-lived or in service to others. "

" I didn't come out for 21 years because I thought that everything I wanted to do with my life - have a family, get a great job, make a change in this world - that the moment I came out, that I would not be able to do any of those things. "

" I think, for me, with regard to my parents, my biggest fear was not that they would reject me but that I would disappoint them. That by coming out, I would simultaneously dash my own dreams and their dreams for me, and I was afraid of letting them down. "

" Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally? "

" Too often, when transgender people die, family members or funeral homes will end up dressing a body of a transgender person in the garments of the gender that they were assigned at birth instead of their gender identity. They're often dead-named and misgendered. "

" I now know that my dreams and my identity are only mutually exclusive if I don't try. "

" 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. "

" Trans justice calls on us to combat the blend of prejudices that demean the lives and diminish the autonomy of another person. "

Sarah McBride

Justice

Autonomy

" 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. "

" My whiteness, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, family support, and so many other factors shield me from some of the worst possible consequences - often fatal ones - that result from the toxic combination of misogyny, racism, and anti-trans sentiment. "

Sarah McBride

Result

Family

" I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities. "

" There's no question that the political is personal. "

" I've always been Sarah. My gender identity has always existed. I've always been a woman. Gay people aren't straight before they come out as gay, and transgender people are who they are before they come out and transition. "

" The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior. "

" I would take issue with the assertion that President Trump has reached out to a diverse group for his cabinet secretaries. In fact, his cabinet is one of the least diverse in modern history. "

" Trans issues are also environmental issues. They're also healthcare issues. They're also national security issues. "