Sarah McBride Quotes

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 consider myself true, which, I know, some people look at as radical, but I enjoy the normalcies of life. I'm not out there trying to transform things, but somehow, by being easy to talk to, and easy to look at, and on a mainstream TV show, I think that I'm helping the public's opinions about transgendered people to change, slowly.

I would hope that one day there will be a time when it's not so much about transgender, it's just people will just see us as women.

We just want to help people understand that it's okay to be transgender, and they're just like everyone else.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

I think what people need to realize is that, with trans people, we're like everybody else. No group of people are all the same. All women are not the same, all men are not the same, all children are not the same. It's the same thing with trans people - we're all so different, we have different goals, different dreams, and different aspirations.

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

This entire issue of transgender people posing a kind of threat to cisgender women in bathrooms is made up. We are just like everybody else - we go into the bathroom, we keep our heads down, we don't look at anybody.

I always knew that transgenders are allowed to join Miss Universe and win Miss Universe. So they're welcome to join.

I wouldn't change myself at all. Being transgender makes me who I am: a strong person, a confident person. Being transgender gives me my personality.

I don't know any lingerie brands that really embrace transgender women at all, to be honest.

I want parents out there to know that it's totally natural for kids to make believe and play games. It does not mean your child is going to be transgendered. And even if it were true, why is it such a horrible thing?

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 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.

Transgender women especially feel like we have to fit the binary system to a T in order to not be recognized as trans.

My name is Sarah McBride, and I am a proud transgender American.

I believe that I am transgender to help people understand differences. It allows me to gain perspective, to be more accepting of others, because I know what it feels like to know you're not like everyone else.

I strongly support the rights of transgender individuals. I will not denigrate or deny their struggles.

What's infuriating is when cis people think celebrating me is celebrating transness.

I think that someday we will live in a world where transgender people will be viewed as the multidimensional people that we are.

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.

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.

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

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

I don't have to explain anything to trans women. Trans women know exactly what's going on.