45 Quotes by Dominique Jackson

Don't tell me what I need. Start looking at the people in front of you, appreciate the diversity in the community, respect it. Don't debate it.

It is extremely important for trans people to be visible.

We live in this realm where things exist but we pretend they don't exist, so that makes them, you know, nonexistent.

We have to continue to empower each other... we do not have to live in this marginalisation, we do not have to live in oppression, but our fight to get out of it is not going to be an easy one.

I started hormone therapy illegally and I thought I looked good enough for my family to accept. I was wrong. It was a disaster. My sister ran screaming calling me the demon with blue eyes. Using her Christianity as the base for her insight into seeing me as a demon.

A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play that part, my trans identity shouldn't affect me.

When I was introduced to balls, it was only in New York, now it's spreading everywhere. I couldn't be happier.

Ball culture saved my life, and many people don't understand that. But ballroom is where I found chosen and proven family.

A woman reveals so much by what she's wearing.