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It's important to be transparent, to remove secrecy from issues of equality.
- Trace Lysette
#Equality
#Important
#Remove
#Secrecy
My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they have to endure for attempting to love us.
- Trace Lysette
#Challenge
#Dating
#Experience
#Love
#Men
#My Own
I don't have shame around where I've been or what I've done to survive to get to where I'm at in my life. When you don't have shame around something, it can't hurt you.
- Trace Lysette
#Done
#Life
#My Life
#Shame
#Survive
I think it's really important to understand that every trans story is not the same, and we are as varied as any other group of people.
- Trace Lysette
#Group
#Important
#People
#Understand
Oftentimes, I feel like, because of my cisnormative look or my aesthetics, that sometimes my talent might get overlooked.
- Trace Lysette
#Feel
#I Feel
#Look
#Sometimes
#Talent
It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.
- Trace Lysette
#Actor
#Any
#Fun
#Pigeonholed
#Way
Everyone has a voice. I mean, that's the good side to the Internet Age and social media. Obviously, there's negatives to it, but I think that the fact that everyone has a voice now is a tool that we can use for good.
- Trace Lysette
#Age
#Good
#Internet
#Media
#Social Media
I had a lot of fights in high school.
- Trace Lysette
#Fights
#Had
#High School
#High
#School
Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move a crowd.
- Trace Lysette
#Entertainment
#First
#Introduction
#Time
I got to choreograph a halftime dance with the cheerleading squad, which was all-female, at my high school. And I was the only boy, at the time. We did this whole routine to 'Maria Maria' by Santana, and 'Thong Song' by Sisqo - it was a mix.
- Trace Lysette
#Dance
#Routine
#School
#Song
#Time
How will I become Meryl Streep if I can't even get in the door with Jennifer Lawrence for the same role? I think that it starts with casting directors and executives and studio heads opening up their minds, and really putting an effort into being trans inclusive in their projects, whether they're trans-specific or not.
- Trace Lysette
#Door
#Effort
#Opening
#Studio
#Will
When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic. Trans actors playing trans roles is a key part of that. But some of the trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, let's be honest.
- Trace Lysette
#Point
#Process
#Room
#Talent
#Will
I happen to believe that trans people are anointed, and because of our experiences and the unique way we see the world, we can bring so much to a role. We just need the opportunity to show that.
- Trace Lysette
#Believe
#Opportunity
#Unique
#Way
#World
A lot of my chosen family is black and I say that unabashedly. For anyone who doesn't understand that, they just don't understand me and my generation because especially in the LGBT community, the concept of chosen family is so important and it's a survival tactic.
- Trace Lysette
#Black
#Community
#Family
#Me
#Survival
I feel like if Hollywood can stretch for inclusion and intersectionality, and being intentional with its intersectionality, that that can ripple out past Hollywood into whatever industry and kind of affect society as a whole.
- Trace Lysette
#Feel
#Inclusion
#Past
#Ripple
#Society
My body has carried me a long way and has had many evolutions. I honor it, flaws and all.
- Trace Lysette
#Body
#Flaws
#Honor
#Long
#Me
As much of a privilege as it is to pass, it's painful. You have to compartmentalize your life. That's awkward. Dating can be horrible.
- Trace Lysette
#Awkward
#Dating
#Horrible
#Life
#Privilege
#Your
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