"If someone needs to express their gender in a way that is different, that is okay, and they should not be denied healthcare. They should not be bullied. They don't deserve to be victims of violence. ... That's what people need to understand, that it's okay and that if you are uncomfortable with it, then you need to look at yourself."

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Source : "Laverne Cox Talks to TIME About the Transgender Movement". Interview with Katy Steinmetz, time.com. May 29, 2014.

Laverne Cox

#People Quotes #Way Quotes #Violence Quotes

“And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Leaders inspire the people around them to become better.”
“Looking back, I've learned that everyone is searching for three things: Identity, community, and a sense of individual purpose. These are fundamental, and if a person feels marginalized or disenfranchised, they're likely to turn to something negative, maybe drugs, maybe promiscuity, or maybe a white supremacist group.”
“What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control.”

Source : "Idaho to Sue Feds Over Health Care Mandate", www.foxnews.com. March 17, 2010.
“Going and running, just to run on the treadmill, wasn't my thing.”
“If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.”
“Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.”
“My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?”

Source : Letter to the California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.

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