Margaret Cho Quotes

I always supported gay issues, but I never understood transgender issues. But after I heard Bruce Jenner speak so honestly, so sincerely, and so relatably, I totally got it. I totally understood what he was saying - it was so compelling.

A lot of people, when they look at the whole trans thing, they think,'Oh, you're transgender, and in the fashion industry, which is very pro-LGBT, so you don't have any problems because it's a progressive place.' But that's not the reality.

I hope I can help convince people there that being transgender is not a big deal and that we are just average people trying to go to school, work, and live good lives.

I would say what's really interesting about me personally is that I've taken my transgender experience, and I've looked at it on the bright side, on the positive side.

I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.

I feel even less patience with transsexuals.

Everyone gets cards at the beginning of life. I am transgender, I decided to be honest and tell everyone about it, and that's it.

I am a huge fan of the transgender community.

I often tell audiences at the start of my shows that I'm not gay because I've got petitions from lesbian groups saying 'Can you tell people you're heterosexual because you're giving us a bad name.'

My friends would howl if I claimed I was androgynous - I'm not tall enough!

I'm pretty sure I'm a doppelganger for Alan Alda. I'm a trannie; I'm a man.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

It's true. I'm not a spokesperson. But I can say now that transgendered people like to be heard and to be respected.

My grandma was a nurse, and she helped a lot of transgender clients, so growing up, I was very aware of that, and my family and I have always been very supportive of people going through this.

The first thing that's really important to understand, just when approaching the topic of transgender people, is that the sex you're assigned with at birth is not the same as your gender identity.

2014 was a good year for transgender rights.

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

It means so much to me to see Caitlyn Jenner coming out, just by being her authentic self, staying true to who she is, and just living her life.

For me, reinstating the ban on transgenders in the military was a very positive step.

Well, one of the things we felt was missing from the greater conversation is that transgender people have been living and working in America for years...People may think it's a "new" thing; it's not...So we wanted to show not just the political side, which is what you see with Caitlyn Jenner. And not the other side with Laverne Cox, who's great.

If Bruce Jenner says he's woman then I'm not gonna argue with him. I know what obviously and biologically he is.

They call me the confuser. Is he a man... is he a woman? Ooh, I'm not sure if I mind.

I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness.

I was born with the wrong body, being feminine by gender but male by sex, and I could achieve completeness only when the one was adjusted to the other.

Cause if you're a transvestite, you're actually a male tomboy, that's where the sexuality is. Yeah, it's not drag queen, no; gay men have got that covered. This is male tomboy, and people do get that mixed up, they put transvestite there - no no no no! Little bit of a crowbar separation, thank you! And gay men, I think, would agree. It's male lesbian, that's really where it is, ok? Because... it's true! 'Cause most transvestites fancy girls, fancy women. So that's where it is.