47 Quotes by Mj Rodriguez

For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go - and that's up.

I just want to be a light of hope for anyone who might be in the dark.

Being able to change the world and change hearts and minds - it's uplifting.

Every single day, I wake up and take a glimpse of where I am now compared to where I was before, and the work that we have all put in to be in this space. I think of that, and being able to express myself through my art and show up and be present - that's activism, advocacy, and artistry in itself.

I always believe that the experiences that you go through are what make you stronger and what help you push forward through life.

I'm obviously fighting for my community simply because I'm trans, and I have to do that, and I do it because that's my existence. I wake up in the morning, and that is my activism.

You can't force anyone to understand anything that they don't want to understand.

I would never try to measure fame; I'm really just a regular chick from New Jersey.

It was me that was holding myself back because I felt like I had to fit into this mold of what people want to see.