Jazz Jennings

I think that a lot of people don't understand how much discrimination transgender people actually face. They think that we're just kind of saying it to put it out there and get sympathy, but that's not true at all.

American Activist

Josie Totah

I believe that I am transgender to help people understand differences. It allows me to gain perspective, to be more accepting of others, because I know what it feels like to know you're not like everyone else.

American Actress

Janet Mock

There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step for many transgender people because it's also a very visible one.

American Writer

Nicole Maines

The first thing that's really important to understand, just when approaching the topic of transgender people, is that the sex you're assigned with at birth is not the same as your gender identity.

Farrah Abraham

My grandma was a nurse, and she helped a lot of transgender clients, so growing up, I was very aware of that, and my family and I have always been very supportive of people going through this.

American Entertainer

Emma Walton Hamilton

I have a transgender nephew on my father's side of the family. So I'm extremely aware of how important it is to support and advocate for young people who are experiencing that in their lives.

British Author

Alexis Arquette

It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand that.

Sarah McBride

Everyone's journey to coming out as transgender is different. For me, I've know that I'm transgender my entire life.

Fallon Fox

If the UFC would listen to reason on transgendered athletes, it could help change the sport for the better.

American Athlete

Patti Harrison

I have to think about being transgender so much that it's kind of the most boring thing in the world to me.

Transgender emphasizes an individual's identification with a gender other than their birth assignment.

Gender Identity

Use 'transgender' sensitively and respectfully; it's an important aspect of someone's identity.

Sensitive Term

'Transgender' is not a verb. Do not use it to imply an action of changing gender.

Not a Verb

When used as a noun, it often refers to the group of people who share this identity.

Collective Term

Always use the name and pronouns that a transgender person prefers, which affirms their identity.

Identity Respect

Understand that being transgender doesn't necessarily mean conforming to traditional gender stereotypes.

Beyond Stereotypes

 I mean, don't get me wrong, I did come here today to share my personal experiences being transgender, but I did not wake up this morning wanting to tell an entire audience about my sex life. Of course, that's the problem with being trans, right? People are pretty much always wondering how we have sex

How to talk (and listen)...

 And there's a culture of lovelessness that we've created around transgender people. It's reasoned, justified and often signed into law. And I was a heartbeat away from internalizing that message, that I wasn't worthy. But Kim said that I was her ideal -- the heartbroken mess that I was.

A queer vision of love...

 And people still wonder why there are boys rotting, they go away in high school hallways they are afraid of becoming another hashtag in a second afraid of classroom discussions becoming like judgment day and now oncoming traffic is embracing more transgender children than parents.

Lee Mokobe: A powerful...

 doctors, the transgender community and, well, the rest of us. But before we do, I want to cover a couple of definitions that's going to help you wrap your head around gender identity a little bit more. So I hope you've got your paper and pen. Get ready to take some notes.

What doctors should know...

 There are commonly held, yet harmful and incorrect beliefs about language that for the people who hold these beliefs, act as barriers to building and strengthening relationships with the transgender people in their families and communities, even if they want to do so.

Language around gender...

 Women have mostly female patches and a few male patches. With all this new data, what does it mean to be a woman? This is something that I've been thinking about almost my entire life. When people learn that I'm a woman who happens to be transgender, they always ask,

The biology of gender,...

 to my foster parent I was not like the other boys I was transgender my foster mother's response was they kicked me out of the home to save the other children from what she calls the devil's creation I became one more nameless throw away

Walking in your truth as...

 bisexual transgendered that's the only reason that a landlord needs to have them removed because there is no protection from discrimination of GLBT people did you know in the states where there is no shading that you can be

The myth of the gay...

 transgender support group they meet tony came into my life and we just seemed to hit it off we really clicked together and it's hard for me to say how amazing that really is with Ashley by

Transgender Marriage PIPE...

 Yeah, alright. And over the past two years, this kid has forced me to rethink the world and how I participate in it. I identify as transgender and as a parent, that makes me a transparent.