Sarah McBride Quotes

With trans folks, we have a lot of people accusing us of just playing dress up for whatever reasons, and that's just not true.

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

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.

My experience started in the gay nightlife/drag life. I was just as consumed in ignorance about what is offensive to transpeople because at that time I hadn't found myself. I was living as a drag performer only.

I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing drag is completely different.

We don't agree with Caitlyn Jenner deciding she is the spokesperson for trans people.

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

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.

All the people that are so quick to say that, like, because I wear womenswear sometimes, that means I'm transitioning. People are just so ignorant and dumb sometimes.

A lot of people don't perceive me as female or trans, they just see some rocker.

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.

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.

I think a lot of people are very interested in why other people are trans or why people are gay.

Gender is a spectrum, and that's something that a lot of folks don't understand.

Being trans, I've grown up with the understanding that most women are born girls, yet some are born boys. And most men are born boys, yet some are born girls. And if you're ready for this, some people are born girls or boys and choose to identify outside our society's binary system, making them genderqueer.

Let's face it: your average straight, cis-gender teenage boy isn't going to pursue a relationship with a trans-girl.

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

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

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

The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.

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

'Clocked' means someone sees you for being transgender.

I'm a super tomboy.

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.

We are in a gender-fluid generation.