Anohni Quotes

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

As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.

Trans women are women, we're just a different type of women.

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 think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

Sexuality is who you want to be with. Gender identity is who you want to be in the world.

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.

Hardly nobody gets to live two genders in their life.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

I believe gender is a spectrum, and I fall somewhere between Channing Tatum and Winnie the Pooh.

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

'Clocked' means someone sees you for being transgender.

We are in a gender-fluid generation.

We are on the forefront of a revolution in which identity and expression will take priority over the labels assigned to us at birth; in which self-identification will take priority over perception; in which gender will fall away entirely.

I don't know what I am if I'm not a woman.

You wish that everyone knew what cisgender meant. Everyone has access to Google. You can find out what's appropriate to ask a trans person.

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

For some people, pronouns are a very important part of how they identify. I completely understand that. For me, I have more of a looser interpretation.

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.

I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity.

My life isn't really that different from a biological female.

I don't feel that I'm in the wrong body. I feel like this is the body I'm supposed to be in.