"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.

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"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.

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"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.

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"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.

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"I remember in 8th grade talking to my girlfriends -- they were complaining about having to wake up each morning to do their makeup and hair. I almost lost it, because I was envious of any girl that had the opportunity to do so. I now have the opportunity to wake up every morning and do my hair and makeup, and it is probably one of my favorite daily routines.... The best thing about all of this is I just get to be the woman I am.

However, throughout my transition I have noticed a misconception built around femininity. Many believe the more feminine a woman is the more dependent they are on someone who is masculine. I think that is wrong -- being feminine is an opportunity to be empowered, a chance to express your womanhood and show others the power and abilities you can harness by expressing your natural femininity. Femininity is a beautiful quality that has endless possibilities." - Jamie Haze

Haze is 22 years old and hosts a trans awareness YouTube channel.

Photograph courtesy of Jamie Haze