A biography for Dominique Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“Writing about my life was a 13-year process where I had to face my demons as I wrote and take the time to understand them, then defeat them.”
“I had a regiment of psalms that I said each day.”
“Once you start crossing over and displaying feminine ways, you're a target. It's sad, it's humiliating, and it's confusing.”
“My faith is my faith, and I cannot allow anyone to take that from me.”
“I learned that there is an inner strength that blossoms when one cleanses themselves by processing and attempting to comprehend their situation and/or experience. Writing became my therapy!”
“Trans women are often fetishized, which sometimes makes us feel important in a world that doesn't always accept us.”
“We are human beings, we matter, and we will not be erased.”
“Trans men and women have always been thrown to the sides, but... have always been the nurturers, especially trans women.”
“Mr. Murphy is really, really amazing. I have admired him from the time that I saw the first season of 'American Horror Story.' I watched 'Glee,' but once I saw 'American Horror Story,' I was like: 'I'm working for him.'”
“Trans people have been repeatedly told that we don't have the right to live. And Black people have been told that by our slave masters and continue to be told that by society. We have, generationally, bled this kind of hatred.”
“I came to be a part of the ballroom scene in late 1993. I was living in Baltimore, and i was going through that phase in high school when no one understood me. I was sneaking out of my house to go to this group that was for gay-identified people, and I just didn't fit in.”
“We celebrate pride every day of the year - whether it's black pride, whether LGBTQIA + pride, whether it's the pride of being a woman, whether it's the pride of being a mother, we should be proud of who we are each and every day.”
“When I would walk down the runway back in the late 90s, I could feel the tension from others who knew I was transgender. I could see the joy on the faces of people from my community, elated to see someone represent them.”
“It is extremely important for trans people to be visible.”
“I learned that I have purpose and my experiences no matter how horrible taught me heart, strength and forgiveness!”
“We have to continue to empower each other... we do not have to live in this marginalisation, we do not have to live in oppression, but our fight to get out of it is not going to be an easy one.”
“Women are very different, but the woman I wish to be is the ultra-femme girl, and it's not something that's instilled in me, it's just something that when I look in the mirror, it's how I want to present myself.”
“You're actually putting someone down by saying that you don't understand their culture and hence it's not normal. Perhaps some things we find 'new' were simply things we were ignorant to earlier.”
“If your community tells you that you're an abomination, that you're nothing and, because of who you are, you'll never amount to anything, why would you love yourself? Why would you save money? Why would you set goals?”
“A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play that part, my trans identity shouldn't affect me.”