"Trans women are women. Period. We perceive the world around us as women.... We want to be loved for our feminine qualities. We want to be told that we're beautiful. We want to be held by our waist and cuddled with and kissed softly." - Laura Engram
Engram is a student at Florida Atlantic University and host of the YouTube channel, JW T-girl.
Photograph courtesy of JW T-girl
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Still a Girl
"Being a girl and having femininity are slightly different. Being a woman is not just looking a certain way ... talking a certain way. A woman is more than that. There are many, many types of women out there.... After my transition, I've actually become much more comfortable with my masculine side. I think I'm slightly tomboyish. But a tomboy is still a girl, right?" - Lilly Chang, TsChitChat
Chang is a Chinese-Australian film student and host of the trans community YouTube channel, TsChitChat.
Photograph courtesy of TsChitChat
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Just Me
"I see myself as feminine, but I would never dare to compare myself to a biological woman. I look like a woman on the outside, but on the inside I'm just me." - Pari Roehi
Roehi is a German-Iranian model and reality TV personality, known for having appeared on Germany's Next Top Model.
Photograph courtesy of Pari Roehi
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Layers to Identity
"I have multiple identities. I am a trans woman, but I'm a woman of color first. And before I'm a woman of color, I'm a person of color. And before a person of color, I'm a human.... There's layers to identity." - Daniella Carter
Carter is an LGBTQ activist and national speaker.
Photograph courtesy of Getty Images
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We Aren't Normal
"It's so unfortunate that in the [transgender] community we have so much pressure on ourselves to ... blend in with society and live as normal women. But in reality we really aren't normal women. We're transgender women. That's nothing to be ashamed of. As transgender women, we are very unique and special creatures, and that's something to be proud of." - Avery Grey
Grey is a online beauty, lifestyle and trans awareness vlogger, who hosts the YouTube channel Crisilla Deville.
Photograph courtesy of Avery Grey
