So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have … - Laverne Cox

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I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness.

Laverne Cox

So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.

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It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

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We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

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Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and everyone of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other.

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I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life.

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If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

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