Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

Trans women are women, we're just a different type of women.

Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color, have been doing drag for literal centuries and deserve to be equally represented and celebrated alongside cis men.

Trans women are a part of the female population and I think that they deserve a respectful representation.

Society doesn't tell you that you can be trans.

Every single lesbian and transgender woman is a woman.

I think that it's important to say that trans people exist, and we are valid, whether we choose to transition or not. It's really up to anyone to decide what is going to make them feel the most like themselves.

Trans people are beautiful. It's a different kind of beauty, and it should be recognized and respected.

Trans women should be accepted and celebrated, whether they look a little bit more on the masculine side of the spectrum or they're the femme of all fems.

Being a woman is an option, being trans is an option, and they're options that appeal to me. We need to listen to people - not labels, not semantics.

Trans people are not a monolith.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

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.

What's infuriating is when cis people think celebrating me is celebrating transness.

I think we should have unisex bathrooms.

I don't know what I am if I'm not a woman.

I consider myself a woman. I happen to fall into the transgender category, but I rather describe myself as a woman first.

I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity.

I think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

Nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and trans people have always been around, just as long as any other type of person.

It would be pretty amazing for Victoria's Secret to be that huge corporation that embraces trans women. We shop there as well.

Let's let our men be happy, be sad, be trans, be questioning, be bisexual, be non-conforming, be feminine, be masculine!

What I want is a world where neither gender nor sex are destiny. Where no child is ever told there's anything they can't do, or must do, 'because you're a boy' or 'because you're a girl.' It's not a world where anything is 'taken' from anyone - it's one where everyone's possibilities are enlarged.

I want to be respected as a woman, as a mother, as a wife. That's why I transition.

Transgender doesn't need to imply loud.

It's important to have transgender representation because we represent the forthcoming generation, and their new perception on the standard of beauty - which I believe is being true to yourself, loving yourself and others.