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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" No one should be forced to not dream anymore. "

" When the boys and girls would line up separately in kindergarten, I'd find myself longing to be in the other line. "

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" Trump's appointed extremist judges to the federal bench, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose decisions demonstrate a judicial philosophy far more concerned with the rights of corporations than marginalized Americans. "

" Time and time again, we have seen a growing alliance of allies who are willing to stand with trans people, who are educating themselves on trans identity and trans equality, and who understand that our lives are worth celebrating and that our cause matters. "

" 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. "

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

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" The Trump-Pence administration has truly become one of the most explicitly anti-LGBTQ administrations in history. "

" 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? "

" 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 remember, as a child, lying in my bed at night praying that I would wake up the next day and be a girl, to be my authentic self, and to just have my family be proud of me. I remember looking into the mirror struggling to say just two words, 'I'm transgender.' "

" There's no question that the best way to get people to care about an issue is to humanize it. "

" Transgender people frequently face bias in court and are assigned unsupportive public defenders, factors which lead to more extreme sentences and longer incarcerations. "

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" 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. "

" In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It's when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it's almost incomprehensible. "

" 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. "

" For my entire life, I've wrestled with my gender identity. "

" I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run for office. "

" I think that someday we will live in a world where transgender people will be viewed as the multidimensional people that we are. "

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

" Transgender people, especially transgender women of color, face pervasive discrimination throughout life, including by those sworn to protect us. "

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" Despite saying the letters 'LGBTQ' at the RNC, Donald Trump consistently endorsed anti-equality positions. "

" 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. "

" This is how systems of oppression work: The violence, discrimination, and stigma I face as a woman compounds the violence, discrimination, and stigma I face as a trans person, and vice versa. "

" 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. "

" Efforts to bar transgender people from restrooms are nothing more than an attempt to codify discrimination before our country advances any further on transgender equality. "

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" I'm so proud to stand with the LGBT Caucus and speak out in support of Hillary Clinton, because we know she stands with us. "

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

" My gratitude is great to my family and friends for accepting me as the person who they now know me to be and for letting me show them the possibilities of a life well lived. "

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" Change always seems impossible until it's inevitable. "