Best quotes by Janet Mock on People

Checkout quotes by Janet Mock on People

  • When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.
    - Janet Mock
  • We exist in a culture where trans people are constantly delegitimized.
    - Janet Mock
  • I was born outraged. I was born without, knowing my people were not counted, not included, not centered. I struggled through low-resourced schools, communities, and housing projects.
    - Janet Mock
  • I knew very early on that I was not pretty. No one ever called me pretty. It was not the go-to adjective people used to describe me.
    - Janet Mock
  • I know how messy things can get when adults overstep their boundaries and insert themselves - their politics, their fears, their prejudices, their ignorance - into the lives of young people.
    - Janet Mock
  • Because trans people are marked as artificial, unnatural, and illegitimate, our bodies and identities are often open to public dissection. Plainly, cisgender folks often take it as their duty to investigate our lives to see if we're real.
    - Janet Mock