Carmen Carrera Quotes

As a visible and outspoken trans woman myself, I know that it's rare not to have your trans-ness lead the way for you in public spaces.

I think it is necessary to educate folks on trans issues and to make them aware of trans identities and normalise it, because it is normal. But when you're shielded from something, and it's actively censored, it takes a negative connotation.

I am a huge fan of the transgender community.

Society doesn't tell you that you can be trans.

I think that it's important to say that trans people exist, and we are valid, whether we choose to transition or not. It's really up to anyone to decide what is going to make them feel the most like themselves.

I don't view myself as a 'trans actor' or a 'trans model.' I mean, I am - it's part of who I am - but it's not something that solely defines me.

Trans women should be accepted and celebrated, whether they look a little bit more on the masculine side of the spectrum or they're the femme of all fems.

It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand that.

I don't think of myself as statically a girl.

I identify as a woman first, but I am also proudly trans.

Respectable transwomen were not as visible and very unclear in how they defined themselves. I had no one to look up to, pre-transition.

Time and time again, we have seen a growing alliance of allies who are willing to stand with trans people, who are educating themselves on trans identity and trans equality, and who understand that our lives are worth celebrating and that our cause matters.

I want to be able to supply the knowledge that transgender women need in order to live peacefully and become accepted among all men and women.

I consider myself a woman. I happen to fall into the transgender category, but I rather describe myself as a woman first.

Trans people are beautiful. It's a different kind of beauty, and it should be recognized and respected.

Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color, have been doing drag for literal centuries and deserve to be equally represented and celebrated alongside cis men.

It would be pretty amazing for Victoria's Secret to be that huge corporation that embraces trans women. We shop there as well.

I think it's really important to understand that every trans story is not the same, and we are as varied as any other group of people.

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 many kinds of women, there are many kinds of men, and many men desire many kinds of women, trans women are amongst these women. And let’s be clear: Trans women are women.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.

I was born a woman, but I have a man's soul.

I am not a spokesperson for the trans community, I am not. The media kind of projects me as being the spokesperson, but from my standpoint, I am not. I am a spokesperson for my story, and that's all I can tell.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

I don't think gender is aesthetically defining for me.