Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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No matter how discouraged I get from the people who are being appointed in this next administration, how discouraged I feel to know that I will no longer have folks who look like me and share in my vision, I am encouraged by what I think that this particular time period and this particular election season will inspire in the next generation and the current generation of freedom fighters.

Janet Mock's Popular Quotes

We have to organize. We have to build up coalitions across all of these people who are considered "the other." If we all banded together and built co…

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We have different experiences, but trans women have experiences that do parallel with the whole fabric of what womanhood is. Embracing trans women, l…

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Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up.

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Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick, and …

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According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot device to be laughed at, I spe…

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I am a trans woman. My sisters are trans women. We are not secrets. We are not shameful. We are worthy of respect, desire, and love. As there are man…

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Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity an…

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This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin…

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What keeps me going is that quest for just being able to be present and be myself. Not for people, but for me.

- Janet Mock