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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. "

Sarah McBride

Identity

People

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Sarah McBride

Face

Bias

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" 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. "

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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. "

Sarah McBride

Myself

Line

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

" 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

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