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Apr. 3, 2012 at 3:03pm with 26 notes

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I am a woman…I have never asked for any special consideration. I only wanted to compete. I do not want any other woman to suffer the discrimination I have endured.

— Miss Universe Canada hopeful Jenna Talackova, during a press conference with her lawyer Gloria Allred #girlslikeus

Mar. 30, 2012 at 1:55pm with 6 notes

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The mission is not impossible if we can move past our own insecurities to work together. We need not settle for crumbs. We need no longer hide for fear of the discrimination Jenna experienced. We can say no more. We can say being transgender is beautiful, and we have the right to dream. The revolution doesn’t happen alone.

— Laverne Cox, on our right to dream, on working together and starting a revolution with #girlslikeus

Mar. 28, 2012 at 3:36pm with 24 notes

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Trans women exponentially add to the physical and spiritual evolution of womanhood.

— Janet Mock, in an essay about the blatant discrimination Jenna Talackova and girls like us (#girlslikeus) face

Mar. 26, 2012 at 11:09pm with 10 notes

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Taking the stage at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

1500 people in the audience, two trans sisters in solidarity on stage. This was the moment that validated all the good and bad decisions I made in my short life. Laverne Cox is a woman I’m proud to call a friend and sister.

Feb. 29, 2012 at 12:20pm with 99 notes

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Chaz’s experience with his body is not inherently wrong for not being the same as my experience. When advocates of our community teach about trans* folks as if we all take part in this singular narrative, however, we set up a dichotomy within our own community: those who are trans* enough for following this narrative and those who are not for being different.

— Ira Gray, in an essay for Huffington Post about “Transgender (Mis)Education, where he challenges the notion that we’re prescribed to one sole narrative arc that defines us all.

Feb. 16, 2012 at 10:52am with 80 notes

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My Huffington Post conversation with journalist Clay Cane, a video interview shot and edited by my Aaron Tredwell.

Feb. 9, 2012 at 10:58am with 6 notes

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My dear friend Mila Jam just released her music video for her single “Warrior.”

The message of the song is beyond empowering and the lyrics are even more inspirational - especially when you take into account the fact that Mila is an artist who just so happens to be trans.

Her perseverance, drive and talent can be an inspiration to us all. So proud to know her!