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" 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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" The first time I heard the word 'transgender' had been in a sitcom episode that mocked the potential for cisgender people to find people like me attractive. Every time someone expressed any interest in the gorgeous trans guest character - her identity still a secret to most of the main characters in the show - the laugh track would cue. "

Sarah McBride

Character

Identity

People

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

" 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 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. "

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

" Discomfort isn't grounds for discrimination. We have a big country with a lot of different kinds of people in it. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Sarah McBride

Myself

Line

" 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. "

" While Donald Trump claimed during the campaign that he would be a 'friend' to the LGBTQ community, we knew it was likely one more 'alternative fact' spouted by the President and his team. "

" Being an American is an action; it's an ideal to strive for. It's being part of this constantly perfecting union that, with each generation, expands our scope and human understanding of 'We the people.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We can celebrate the speed at which LGBT equality has progressed, but we also have to acknowledge that it wasn't fast enough, because too many people didn't get to experience it. We can never be too impatient. "

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

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

" The first thing we need allies to do is listen. Come to us with a willingness to grow and evolve. You're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but be willing to listen and grow from those mistakes. I think that's the most important trait an ally can have. "

" 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. "

Sarah McBride

Talking

Transgender

" 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.' "

" I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect. "

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

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

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

Sarah McBride

Face

Bias

" 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. "

" 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. "