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“I recall the magic being on set for season one of 'Transparent.' The trans inclusivity of our set was unparalleled at the time.”
“I lived what we call 'stealth' for a number of years. Even when I started acting in the industry, I didn't disclose. I didn't come out. My first job on 'Law & Order' was not a trans role.”
“Transparent' was my coming-out party.”
“I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.”
“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.”
“There are only so many 'series regular' trans roles on TV.”
“It's important to be transparent, to remove secrecy from issues of equality.”
“I think I had something to prove to myself, that I could book a cis role and then if I did come out one day and start auditioning for trans roles, I could say, 'Look, I've already worked in a cis role.'”
“Trans women are women, we're just a different type of women.”
“Growing up, I never saw images of trans people succeeding.”
“Trans women are conditioned to accept that society sees us as overly sexualized objects - even more so than how society already sexualizes cis women. It's almost as if they don't see us as fully developed human beings.”
“I think that a lot of times people don't understand the bravery that's involved with the Me Too movement.”
“How often do we get to see trans people interacting with each other onscreen? We have friends. Hello? We're people. We're not just this isolated unit all the time. I would like to see us carry a project.”
“Going to meetings for Time's Up has been deeply affirming for me.”
“How will I become Meryl Streep if I can't even get in the door with Jennifer Lawrence for the same role? I think that it starts with casting directors and executives and studio heads opening up their minds, and really putting an effort into being trans inclusive in their projects, whether they're trans-specific or not.”
“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.”
“My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they have to endure for attempting to love us.”
“I'm not getting into rooms for cis roles. I started my career auditioning for those roles, and then I went to play trans roles. And now, I feel boxed in.”
“In my own personal life, it's been pretty hard navigating love, and so I've found this kind of contentment in loving myself and waiting for the world to catch up.”
“It felt like home to be working with so many powerful women - Lizzo, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu. I felt so welcome and loved.”