"Gender is between your ears and not between your legs."
- Chaz Bono
Awareness
"There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate."
- Chaz Bono
Awareness
"I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body."
- Chaz Bono
Adversity
"Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist - that's just the kind of person I am."
- Chaz Bono
Determination
"A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family."
- Chaz Bono
Family
"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
- Lily Tomlin
Self-awareness
"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."
- Laird Hamilton
Self-awareness
"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."
Self-awareness