John Lithgow Quotes

Between 'Orange' with Laverne, the show 'Transparent,' and Caitlyn Jenner, obviously we're in the middle of something enormous - a transgender movement. I'm just proud to be alive during this massive shift in the world.

It was easier to forget, or be dismissive about, transgender issues when there weren't transgender staffers or interns walking the halls of the White House.

Now that I'm out there and it's known that I'm trans, I think that sometimes might hinder my opportunity in snagging a big cis role.

Access to public facilities like bathrooms is important for transgender people. But the fight for transgender rights does not begin and end at the bathroom door.

I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.

I am proud to state that every national Jewish organization we support enforces non-discrimination practices around sexual orientation and that more than 70 percent have written policies in place covering gender identity and expression.

I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.

I don't need my sexuality celebrated, and I certainly don't need it to be criticized. I didn't necessarily want it to be observed, but here we are.

I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.

I was political by coming out of the womb. I was gay, and I wanted to play tennis.

I'd love to do a film on homosexuality. That's on my radar.

Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender characters because we don't see the same issue with sexuality.

I'm so happy trans visibility has increased immensely.

Trans people should be able to fall in love and sing love songs too, and have that be just as valid. You turn on the radio and every other song is some guy singing about some girl who broke his heart, or vice versa. And there's not a lot of trans representation with that.

Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist.

I hope to stop discrimination against young transgender people.

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

When we have a trans woman playing a trans woman, then you see, 'Oh wait, this is what trans really is. This is what it looks like: a person.' That sends a message to trans kids that they are valid in their identities that they are allowed to exist.

I've done bit parts on shows where I've been the fat girl or the punk rocker.

I think if transvestites don't stand up for themselves, nobody else is going to stand up for transvestites.

The speed with which modern society has adapted to accommodate the world's vast spectrum of gender and sexual identities may be the most important cultural metamorphosis of our time.

We need folks who are queer or trans, to have an opportunity to tell their story.

I don't remember a time when it wasn't, when I didn't feel like the LGBTQ community was part of my life and part of reality.

As a black person of non-gender-conforming experience, my first existentially reciprocal and affirming experiences were in the New York ballrooms.

You kinda say, 'Well, straight people don't have to come out.' I understand now that's not necessarily the right way to look at it.