“I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect.”
"Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Jeff Sessions are using their powers and offices to make life as difficult as possible for everyone from the transgender worker to the gay widower to the queer undocumented immigrant. These efforts are not about bathrooms or religious freedom; they're about driving LGBTQ people out of public life."
- Sarah McBride
Adversity
"My name is Sarah McBride, and I am a proud transgender American."
- Sarah McBride
Belief in Self
"I once worried that there was no place for trans people like me to participate in any way in our politics. Since coming out, though, I’ve seen that change is possible and I’ve learned that the only things that are truly impossible are the things we don’t try. You can run, you can win and you can serve."
- Sarah McBride
Determination
"When gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals come out, their friends and families, for the most part, understand what it feels like to love and to lust. Cisgender people have more of a challenge when it comes to transgender identities. I discovered that analogy of homesickness in conversations with my parents, in trying to bridge that empathy divide."
- Sarah McBride
Empathy
"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards
Compassion