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…

- Janet Mock

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…

- Janet Mock

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

- Janet Mock

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

- Janet Mock

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 …

- Janet Mock

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

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…

- Janet Mock

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

- Janet Mock

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…

- Janet Mock