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" I now know that my dreams and my identity are only mutually exclusive if I don't try. "
Sarah McBride
Try
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" 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. "
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" Days after being sworn in as the nation's top law enforcement officer, Trump's attorney general, the virulently anti-LGBTQ Jeff Sessions, revoked lifesaving guidance promoting the protection and dignity of transgender students. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities. "
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" When you know someone's story, it becomes much harder to hate them. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Every single day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their life to the fullest. "
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" 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. "
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" Discomfort isn't grounds for discrimination. We have a big country with a lot of different kinds of people in it. "
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" A life in pursuit of position or power is not a life well-lived or in service to others. "
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" Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival. "
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" When the work you're doing every single day is so directly about who you are as an individual and who you are as a person, it can be both exhausting and empowering in different moments. "
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Person
Work
Doing
" 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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Me
Family
Gratitude
" 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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Justice
Us
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" Like all women, my path to womanhood is unique. No two paths are the same. Each of us travel with different privileges, challenges, and perspectives - some limiting, others illuminating. "
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Challenges
Path
Travel
" The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior. "
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Bullying
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Behavior
" We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. "
Sarah McBride
Change
Discrimination
People
" Gorsuch showed his true colors to the LGBTQ community when, in one of his first dissenting opinions on the high court, he advocated limiting the reach of the landmark 2015 marriage equality ruling by denying certain parenting rights to same-sex couples. "
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Marriage
Colors
Community
" 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. "
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Run
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Know
" 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. "
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Equality
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" During my sophomore year at American University, I was elected president of the student body. At the same time, I was struggling with my identity and whether or not to come out as transgender. "
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Identity
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" I met my future husband Andy fighting for trans equality, and we fell in love. A couple of months after we started dating, Andy was diagnosed with cancer, and despite getting a clean bill of health several months later, eventually his cancer came back, and it was terminal. "
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Love
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" Since taking office, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have governed the exact same way they campaigned, which is with bigotry and with bluster, and that includes toward the LGBTQ community. "
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Way
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" 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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Line
" 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. "
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Talking
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Me
" Andy and I decided to get married in August of 2014, and just 4 days after we married, he passed away. For me, I carry my relationship with Andy with me in my LGBT advocacy work. "
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Days
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Relationship
" Everyone's journey to coming out as transgender is different. For me, I've know that I'm transgender my entire life. "
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Life
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Journey
" 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. "
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