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Janet Mock Quotes

American - Writer | March 10, 1983 -

I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.

Women Live Hope Step Young Tell

We exist in a culture where trans people are constantly delegitimized.

Culture People Where Exist

Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time.

Journey Time Hawaii Right Time Right

In seventh grade, I met my best friend Wendi, who is a trans woman.

Friend Best Woman Best Friend Who

I just am trans. That's just the way it is. I knew this as a child. But I was told that because I expressed femininity in a boy's body, I needed to be silent about it. To be ashamed. That led to isolation, which then made it easier for me to be prey to a predator in my own home.

Home Child Me Isolation Body Silent

I think a lot of people are very interested in why other people are trans or why people are gay.

People Think Gay Why Interested Lot

It is the world's limitations and the myths that we internalize about ourselves that pushes us to diminish our power and ignore it.

Power World Ignore Limitations Us

Trans people are not a monolith.

I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the same time, as a low-income trans girl of color, there were so many things that I didn't have access to. I didn't have access to a great education. I didn't have access to affordable healthcare.

Education Women Girl Great Time Me

I think millennials are the most woke generation because they understand that differences are just in the fabric of who we are.

Think Generation Differences Woke

As someone who wasn't heavily supported or resourced as a young person when I was going through the hardest times of my life, I'm used to operating outside of systems. The trans movement has always been that way.

Life My Life Someone Person Young

I came out, as not enough of our stories are told from our perspective. 'Marie Claire' was offering the chance to be a part of a women's magazine, which often celebrates ordinary women doing extraordinary things.

Women Perspective Chance Doing Out

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