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Fairness and equality have prevailed over this unconscionable legislative assault on transgender children. – Chad Griffin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't think I'd want my 16-year-old boy in the bathroom with a transgender student if that student had a radically different look, like someone who changed from a girl to a boy and might have a beard now. – One Sioux Falls father	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think (the bill) is dangerously harmful to students because we know there is a higher risk of suicide (among transgender people) in general, but among transgender students, there's an even higher risk. Eighty-three thousand signatures shows just how many reasons (the governor) has to veto this. – Heather Smith	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This bill directly affects me and a lot of the people that will be coming in next year. It singles out transgender individuals and forces them to use something that they're not comfortable using and would also cost more money in South Dakota that we don't have. – Nathan Leonard	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Transgender Persons Bill offers the promise of both changing archaic laws and thinking about transgender people in India, the government has taken the first steps to providing transgender people legal protections. Now it needs to strengthen the draft to ensure good intentions are turned into a reality. – Meenakshi Ganguly	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Transgender Persons Bill will help protect and empower India's transgender population, but the government needs also to address the bill's shortcomings, with the input of the transgender community, the government should ensure that a new law lays out a strong legal framework in line with the constitution and international law, and provides effective enforcement. – Meenakshi Ganguly	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a huge step forward and really catapults New York City to the forefront of the struggle for transgender rights, this is an extremely positive development for transgender New Yorkers who face enormous rates of discrimination, unemployment and difficulty accessing things like health care that people take for granted. – Michael Silverman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
'Zoolander' is not the medium by which we should be teaching tolerance and/or educating the masses about transgender issues, moreover, there is something to be said for the fact that funny movies and satires have a role in mainstreaming hard to grasp issues. – Angela Giampolo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I would like the Pope to at least make people know that being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) is not a curse, being a gay in Uganda is a challenge. You expect mob justice, you expect to be killed, you expect to be arrested. – Jackson Mukasa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He went out of his way to advise lesbian, gay and transgender students... and keep in mind, this was 1978, that took a lot of courage, a lot of confidences in who you are and what you stand for. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's probably that transgender figures have had a much higher profile in the media -- you only have to think of people like Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox and programs like 'Orange is the New Black', i think there's been a lot more awareness of gender issues which has led people to use these terms more. – Elaine Higgleton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is intolerable to allow discrimination of transgender individuals and they are one of the most abused, harassed groups in society today. – Governor Cuomo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
(I had) parents calling and saying: 'Thank you. I think my son could be transgender. I didn’t even know that this word existed'. – Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In America, everyone has rights, our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender neighbors continue to fight for their rights. – Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We believe this case creates a framework for enforcing the national standards that transgender people who are incarcerated in other states and their advocates can follow to help to ensure that others do not have to endure the pain and trauma Ms. Brown experienced. – Rebecca Earlbeck	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The high majority of municipal jails and prisons in this country make invisible, suppress or isolate inmates who are transgender, since the transgender population is marginalized on the streets of America, consider how that marginalization is magnified inside prisons and jails. – Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's really clear that the costume is meant to make fun of Caitlyn and transgender people by putting it under the category of humor. – Kris Hayashi	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What the referendum did was gave permission to allow conversations to take place in places where it hadn't happened before: working class areas, rural areas. It allowed LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues to come out of the closet. – David Carroll	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As a transgender man myself, I see a lot of show runners coming to me and asking about any transgender actors I know of, that's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them. – Nick Adams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them. – Nick Adams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If they do an eye check and decide what to put down, that's problematic, it's problematic for a transgender person, where the appearance may not match what is on the pass, especially if transitioning. – Mike Ziri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions, her commitment to bettering the lives of transgender Americans, particularly transgender people of color and those in poverty, reflects the values of this administration. – Valerie Jarrett	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is possibly because many transgender women - those born male but identifying as female - seek to prove to themselves that they are not transgender by joining the military and trying to fit into its hypermasculine culture. – Aaron Belkin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is both incredible for our client, Shiloh, who will finally get the medical care she desperately needs, and for all transgender people throughout the California prison system. – Ilona Turner	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Fairness and equality have prevailed over this unconscionable legislative assault on transgender children.

– Chad Griffin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't think I'd want my 16-year-old boy in the bathroom with a transgender student if that student had a radically different look, like someone who changed from a girl to a boy and might have a beard now.

– One Sioux Falls father

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think (the bill) is dangerously harmful to students because we know there is a higher risk of suicide (among transgender people) in general, but among transgender students, there's an even higher risk. Eighty-three thousand signatures shows just how many reasons (the governor) has to veto this.

– Heather Smith

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This bill directly affects me and a lot of the people that will be coming in next year. It singles out transgender individuals and forces them to use something that they're not comfortable using and would also cost more money in South Dakota that we don't have.

– Nathan Leonard

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Transgender Persons Bill offers the promise of both changing archaic laws and thinking about transgender people in India, the government has taken the first steps to providing transgender people legal protections. Now it needs to strengthen the draft to ensure good intentions are turned into a reality.

– Meenakshi Ganguly

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Transgender Persons Bill will help protect and empower India's transgender population, but the government needs also to address the bill's shortcomings, with the input of the transgender community, the government should ensure that a new law lays out a strong legal framework in line with the constitution and international law, and provides effective enforcement.

– Meenakshi Ganguly

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a huge step forward and really catapults New York City to the forefront of the struggle for transgender rights, this is an extremely positive development for transgender New Yorkers who face enormous rates of discrimination, unemployment and difficulty accessing things like health care that people take for granted.

– Michael Silverman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

'Zoolander' is not the medium by which we should be teaching tolerance and/or educating the masses about transgender issues, moreover, there is something to be said for the fact that funny movies and satires have a role in mainstreaming hard to grasp issues.

– Angela Giampolo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I would like the Pope to at least make people know that being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) is not a curse, being a gay in Uganda is a challenge. You expect mob justice, you expect to be killed, you expect to be arrested.

– Jackson Mukasa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He went out of his way to advise lesbian, gay and transgender students... and keep in mind, this was 1978, that took a lot of courage, a lot of confidences in who you are and what you stand for.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's probably that transgender figures have had a much higher profile in the media -- you only have to think of people like Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox and programs like 'Orange is the New Black', i think there's been a lot more awareness of gender issues which has led people to use these terms more.

– Elaine Higgleton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is intolerable to allow discrimination of transgender individuals and they are one of the most abused, harassed groups in society today.

– Governor Cuomo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

(I had) parents calling and saying: 'Thank you. I think my son could be transgender. I didn’t even know that this word existed'.

– Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In America, everyone has rights, our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender neighbors continue to fight for their rights.

– Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We believe this case creates a framework for enforcing the national standards that transgender people who are incarcerated in other states and their advocates can follow to help to ensure that others do not have to endure the pain and trauma Ms. Brown experienced.

– Rebecca Earlbeck

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The high majority of municipal jails and prisons in this country make invisible, suppress or isolate inmates who are transgender, since the transgender population is marginalized on the streets of America, consider how that marginalization is magnified inside prisons and jails.

– Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's really clear that the costume is meant to make fun of Caitlyn and transgender people by putting it under the category of humor.

– Kris Hayashi

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What the referendum did was gave permission to allow conversations to take place in places where it hadn't happened before: working class areas, rural areas. It allowed LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues to come out of the closet.

– David Carroll

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As a transgender man myself, I see a lot of show runners coming to me and asking about any transgender actors I know of, that's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them.

– Nick Adams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them.

– Nick Adams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If they do an eye check and decide what to put down, that's problematic, it's problematic for a transgender person, where the appearance may not match what is on the pass, especially if transitioning.

– Mike Ziri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions, her commitment to bettering the lives of transgender Americans, particularly transgender people of color and those in poverty, reflects the values of this administration.

– Valerie Jarrett

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is possibly because many transgender women - those born male but identifying as female - seek to prove to themselves that they are not transgender by joining the military and trying to fit into its hypermasculine culture.

– Aaron Belkin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is both incredible for our client, Shiloh, who will finally get the medical care she desperately needs, and for all transgender people throughout the California prison system.

– Ilona Turner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

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