Theresa Sparks Quote

We were fed up being harassed and strip-searched by the police, denied medical treatment, refused housing and even barred from using public bathrooms just because we were trans. We were tired of being beaten and murdered. So we went out and worked.


The Transgender Community Needs to Reestablish Its Voice (2005)


We were fed up being harassed and strip-searched by the police, denied medical treatment, refused housing and even barred from using public bathrooms ...

We were fed up being harassed and strip-searched by the police, denied medical treatment, refused housing and even barred from using public bathrooms ...

We were fed up being harassed and strip-searched by the police, denied medical treatment, refused housing and even barred from using public bathrooms ...

We were fed up being harassed and strip-searched by the police, denied medical treatment, refused housing and even barred from using public bathrooms ...