5 Quotes From Influential Transgender People (Transgender Day of Remembrance)
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5 Quotes From Influential Transgender People (Transgender Day of Remembrance)
5 Quotes , From Influential
Transgender People.
Every year on Nov.
20, the United States
observes Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The day is meant to honor those transgender people
who lost their lives in acts of anti-transgender violence.
In honor of Transgender Day of
Remembrance, here are five inspirational
quotes from influential transgender people.
.
“We are people.
We're human beings, and this is a
human life.
This is reality for us, and all we ask for is
acceptance and validation for what we say that we are.”
Andreja Pejic, to ‘Vogue’.
“Define yourself in your own terms. In terms of gender,
race, anything.
We are not what other people say we are.
We
are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love.”
Laverne Cox, to ‘Rookie’.
“In today's globally connected and ever-diversifying world,
culture is now more fluid and more flexible than ever -- and so
too should be our understanding and perception of gender.”
Geena Rocero, via TED Talk.
“I know that one day all transgender individuals will have the
freedom to be who they are, no matter what … We can just live
our lives and be treated and respected like everyone else.”
Jazz Jennings, to Yahoo News.
"I believe that telling our stories, first to
ourselves and then to one another and
the world, is a revolutionary act."
Janet Mock, via 'Redefining Realness'
Basic LGBTQIA+ Terms , to Learn in Honor of, Pride Month.
Every June, people around the world come together to celebrate
the LGBTQIA+ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
The Stonewall Uprising, which occurred in Manhattan, was a
tipping point for the United States’ Gay Liberation Movement. .
In honor of this year's Pride Month, here are
some basic LGBTQIA+ terms to learn. .
(L)GBTQIA,
Lesbian, Women who are predominantly attracted to other women.
L(G)BTQIA,
Gay, People who are attracted to other people of the same gender. .
LG(B)TQIA,
Bisexual, People who aren't exclusively attracted to people of one particular gender.
LGB(T)QIA,
Transgender, People who identify differently from the sex assigned to them at birth.
LGBT(Q)IA,
Queer, An umbrella term for the whole community.
LGBTQ(I)A,
Intersex, People born with sexual anatomy outside of the strict gender binary.
LGBTQI(A),
Asexual, People that experience little to no sexual attraction toward other people.
.
Ally, Someone who is actively
supportive of LGBTQIA+ people.
Coming Out, The process through which a person acknowledges, accepts and
shares their sexual orientation or gender identity with others. .
Pansexual, A person who experiences emotional, romantic or
sexual attraction to people of any gender. .
Non-binary, A person who doesn't exclusively identify
with the male or female gender.
Gender Identity, How a person perceives and identifies themself. This can be
the same or different from the sex they were assigned at birth. .
Gender Binary, Considered an outdated system by many, gender is
assigned to two strict categories: male or female. .
Gender Dysphoria, Significant distress that is caused when a person's gender
identity doesn't align with their assigned birth gender. .
Gender Expression, The external appearance of one's gender identity which may
or may not conform to socially-defined norms. .
Gender-fluid, A person who has a fluid or unfixed gender identity
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