Gender Quotes

‘All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.’ – Andreja Pejic

‘Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.’ – Kofi Annan

‘A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.’ – Gloria Steinem

‘A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.’ – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

‘Sexuality is who you want to be with. Gender identity is who you want to be in the world.’ – Hari Nef

‘There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender… identity is performatively constituted by the very ‘expressions’ that are said to be its results.’ – Judith Butler

‘We need to start identifying the triggers that aggravate mental health issues in our society – bullying, social media negativity and anxiety, gender based violence, substance abuse, stigma around issues such as maternal issues, etc., and we need to speak up about these more and get to the source of the problems.’ – Sanam Saeed

‘We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.’ – Nelson Mandela

‘Cultural patterns of oppression are not only interrelated but are bound together and influenced by the intersectional systems of society. Examples of this include race, gender, class, ability, and ethnicity.’ – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

‘Love is pure and true; love knows no gender.’ – Tori Spelling

‘Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.’ – Lady Gaga

‘Do I think I’m transgender? Yes, 1000 percent! Do I identify as my natural born gender? 1000 percent!’ – Trisha Paytas

‘Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.’ – Thomas Sowell

‘True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity – or political ideology.’ – Monica Crowley

‘I want to make sure that that future that we’re creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills – and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography – to solving the world’s problems.’ – Mae Jemison

‘God does not discriminate against people, regardless of color, religion, social class, or gender and sexual preferences.’ – Rodrigo Duterte

‘The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.’ – Sandra Day O’Connor

‘There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.’ – Sharron Angle

‘Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.’ – Chaz Bono

‘Your gender becomes irrelevant when you are in a performance-based environment.’ – Susie Wolff

‘Sex is biological, but gender is mental.’ – Kehlani

‘It doesn’t matter what the colour of your skin is, your sexual preference, the region where you were born, your gender. We’re all equal… We can’t take certain minorities and think they have super powers and are different from the others.’ – Jair Bolsonaro

‘I think history repeats itself. There’s a constant conversation between the oppressed and the oppressor. No matter what your field is, whether it’s gender equality, the Time’s Up movement, or diversity casting, it’s always going to be a back-and-forth battle.’ – Michael B. Jordan

‘Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.’ – Michelle Bachelet

‘Sexual harassment and gender discrimination is real, it’s far more pervasive than I think people have been willing to acknowledge.’ – Tony West

‘Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.’ – Helen Clark

‘Civility is the recognition that all people have dignity that’s inherent to their person, no matter their religion, race, gender, sexuality, or ability.’ – Opal Tometi

‘Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.’ – Justin Trudeau

‘Cricket is not gender biased. It isn’t that men’s cricket is different and women’s a different one.’ – Mithali Raj

‘If a person is homosexual by nature – that is, if one’s sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one’s identity as gender or skin color – then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow.’ – Jon Meacham

‘Everyone – regardless of their background, wealth, race, faith, gender, sexual orientation or age – should be able to fulfil their potential and succeed.’ – Sadiq Khan

‘When it comes to swag, there’s no gender involved.’ – Young Thug

‘To make a good film is an art. Gender is irrelevant when it comes to craft of filmmaking.’ – Zoya Akhtar

‘We act as if that being of a man or that being of a woman is actually an internal reality or something that is simply true about us, a fact about us, but actually it’s a phenomenon that is being produced all the time and reproduced all the time, so to say gender is performative is to say that nobody really is a gender from the start.’ – Judith Butler

‘What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire – the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.’ – Ellen Ochoa

‘The gender is irrelevant; the identity is the one you should try and create for yourself by yourself, and the narrative of your own life becomes your own book.’ – Genesis P-Orridge

‘The more I’ve been able to learn about gay rights and equal pay and gender equity and racial inequality, the more that it all intersects. You can’t really pick it apart. It’s all intertwined.’ – Megan Rapinoe

‘I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.’ – Jacinda Ardern

‘I’m not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one’s skin color or one’s gender, I think it should be done based on one’s need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.’ – J. C. Watts

‘Once you open up the Pandora’s box of race and gender… you’re never done.’ – Kara Walker

‘You think intercourse is a private act; it’s not, it’s a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are sexually manipulative. When two individuals come together and leave their gender outside the bedroom door, then they make love.’ – Andrea Dworkin

‘As far as I’m concerned, being any gender is a drag.’ – Patti Smith

‘Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone’s responsibility.’ – Ban Ki-moon

‘Dressing in an androgynous way, mixing up the masculine and feminine, blurring those boundaries – I’m cool with that. No one should ever be limited by stereotypes of gender, just as no one should ever be limited by stereotypes of race.’ – Marley Dias

‘But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues – political issues, gender issues – that people need to be educated about.’ – Anita Hill

‘We are now living through peak stupid with the left, and this ‘toxic masculinity,’ ‘white patriarch’ nonsense, where they’ve now devolved to judging people exclusively by their gender and their skin color is a marker of the total intellectual collapse of the radical left.’ – Dan Bongino

‘When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose.’ – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

‘The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.’ – Dave Barry

‘I want our future leaders to know what’s possible and to be part of a world where diversity and gender equality aren’t special programs but the natural way of operating.’ – Pierre Nanterme

‘I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!’ – Billie Eilish

‘We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom from hunger. These are our most fundamental needs as social creatures.’ – David Suzuki

‘What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.’ – Chinua Achebe

‘When we say gender is performed, we usually mean that we’ve taken on a role or we’re acting in some way and that our acting or our role playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world.’ – Judith Butler

‘Part of the core information that I’ve been purveying is that identity politics is a sick game. You don’t play racial, ethnic, and gender identity games. The Left plays them on behalf of the oppressed, let’s say, and the Right tends to play them on behalf of nationalism and ethnic pride. I think they’re equally dangerous.’ – Jordan Peterson

‘I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society’s care.’ – Camille Paglia

‘Some people ask, ‘Why the word ‘feminist’? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general – but to choose to use the vague expression ‘human rights’ is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender.’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘This is true across every single society; we project grossness onto a racial or gender subgroup or caste. A big part of social subordination and discrimination is to ascribe hyper-animality to other groups and use that as an excuse for subordinating them further.’ – Martha Nussbaum

‘My family was, I think, a bit more radical than most Mormons, especially on the question of gender. So in my mind, growing up, there wasn’t ever any question of what my future would look like. I would get married when I was 17 or 18. And I would be given some corner of the farm, and my husband would put a house on it, and we would have kids.’ – Tara Westover

‘I never feel confined by gender, by labels, by expectations, by stereotypes. I’m free to be myself.’ – Princess Nokia

‘I get kind of, um, bored by all the sexuality and gender labels because I feel like that’s where the problem comes in, when people feel that they need to have these particular identities. If you didn’t have these labels, and you just acted on how you genuinely felt at any point, then you wouldn’t have anything to contend with.’ – Tig Notaro

‘My ‘Vogue’ is about being inclusive; it’s about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender.’ – Edward Enninful

‘Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women’s economic freedom.’ – Gloria Steinem

‘Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality… it doesn’t matter.’ – Sonya Deville

‘The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.’ – Christine Tsai

‘We’re all equals – once you’ve got a jacket on, you’re a chef. It’s not about gender – it’s your ability to cook.’ – Monica Galetti

‘I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.’ – Eleanor Smeal

‘To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.’ – Judith Butler

‘We are on the forefront of a revolution in which identity and expression will take priority over the labels assigned to us at birth; in which self-identification will take priority over perception; in which gender will fall away entirely.’ – Hunter Schafer

‘We will not achieve gender equality in the workplace until we fix our system of parental leave.’ – David Lammy

‘I think we’re actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.’ – Charlotte Dujardin

‘There is – and always will be – the legacy of chattel slavery in this nation, an obsession with racial and gender differences, but I think that, at its best, this nation is capable of creating standards for itself and reaching towards those standards.’ – Kehinde Wiley

‘Red Sonja, she was a hellraiser before Buffy, Xena, and Ripley even existed. When so many heroines in comics were all hung up on romance and the bizarre gender politics of comics at the time, Sonja was out cutting off the heads of dragons and pirates.’ – Gail Simone

‘My own experience of gender has been about a lot of fluidity. In drag, I like to combine aspects of masculinity and femininity and rewrite the rules for those.’ – Sasha Velour

‘We are neurologically hardwired to seek out people like ourselves. We start forming cliques as soon as we’re old enough to know what acceptance feels like. We bond together based on anything that we can – music preference, race, gender, the block that we grew up on.’ – iO Tillett Wright

‘Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to… But gender identity is who you are in your soul.’ – Caitlyn Jenner

‘But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.’ – George H. W. Bush

‘Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy – it’s a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.’ – Tracee Ellis Ross

‘I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.’ – Carol Gilligan

‘People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation… I’ve seen it in punk clubs, and I’ve seen it in the world.’ – Gerard Way

‘Feminism isn’t about hating men. It’s about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.’ – Robert Webb

‘A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It’s often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.’ – Dan Savage

‘In my opinion, love is not about gender, it’s not about religion. Love has no borders and no boundaries.’ – Bill Kaulitz

‘I’m a great example of somebody who is gay but exists on a very complicated gender spectrum. I’m okay with that uncertainty, and I’m okay with existing in a gray area and not always being sure.’ – King Princess

‘My parents didn’t allow me to do all the things the cool kids could do. I was quiet, reserved, and at some points, taken complete advantage of simply because of my sex and gender. For a while, in high school, I was so deep into self-hate.’ – Rupi Kaur

‘I’ve always had gender confusion. I had two older brothers, and I’ve been predominantly male influenced. I really always looked up to my dad, really always looked up to my brothers… I had a lot of male friends growing up. It didn’t help that in my town, where I lived, there were no female musicians.’ – Weyes Blood

‘Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.’ – Gordon Brown

‘Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup.’ – James Charles

‘Every life – regardless of background or gender – has equal value.’ – Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

‘There is no one way to be Black in America, but there is one way we live while Black in America. No matter our gender, age or socioeconomic status, we are viewed as threats. As a result, we live under siege.’ – Jonathan Capehart

‘I think, regardless of gender, women and men need to be brave, take chances with their work, and be open to feedback. But I do think ‘politeness’ is an issue that can hinder your work if you aren’t careful. Kindness is important, but being overly polite – thinking you can’t disagree with someone about your own work – be careful about that.’ – Ellie Kemper

‘I say, ‘I’m bi, my love knows no gender,’ and the straight community says, ‘Oh right, that’s just a cover-up – you’re gay!’ And the gay community says, ‘Yeah right, that’s just a cover-up – you’re gay.’ They both want to push me gay.’ – Andy Dick

‘If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.’ – Kathryn Bigelow

‘With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.’ – Jenny Shipley

‘Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.’ – Charlotte Bunch

‘Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in ‘real’ African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed.’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.’ – Preston Manning

‘There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.’ – Judith Butler

‘Let’s not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral – it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.’ – Lynn Coady

‘Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.’ – Safra A. Catz

”Spice Girls’ is about unifying the world – every age, every gender, everyone. It’s woman power, it’s an essence, a tribe.’ – Geri Halliwell

‘Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It’s not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made.’ – Gina Prince-Bythewood

‘As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.’ – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

‘We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.’ – Anita Hill

‘All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.’ – Bernard Pivot

‘My message is: beauty has no gender. At the end of the day beauty is beauty.’ – Carmen Carrera

‘It’s so interesting that when somebody’s pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we’re pre-programming the kid before they were born.’ – Megan Smith

‘Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other ‘studies’ was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these ‘studies’ are about propaganda rather than serious education.’ – Thomas Sowell

‘People in love don’t see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It’s about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don’t think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.’ – Sam Taylor-Johnson

‘There’s a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they’re mismatched. That’s all it is. It’s not complicated, it’s not a neurosis. It’s a mix-up. It’s a birth defect, like a cleft palate.’ – Chaz Bono

‘The further left you are, the more your concern for the underdog crowds out everything else, leading you to overlook inconsistencies. You might, for example, argue for immigration and multiculturalism in the UK, but not in the Amazon. You might demand equality before the law and, at the same time, gender quotas.’ – Daniel Hannan

‘I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people’s expectations of me as an actress.’ – Gwendoline Christie

‘I’m really obsessed with women who blur gender, and even men, like Pete Burns.’ – Adore Delano

‘My father always defined my gender to my brothers. He’d say, ‘This is your sister; you must take care of her.” – Sandra Cisneros

‘Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.’ – Arancha Gonzalez

‘I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I’m writing a poem or drawing, I’m not a female; I’m an artist.’ – Patti Smith

‘I think drag helps move us in the direction of loosening up the man/woman binary. The idea that you’re one, or the other, it’s false. The more that as a society we become a little looser, more open to laugh about gender, that’s the direction the world needs to go in.’ – Alaska

‘Thanks to advancements in gender equality, you now have salty women like me who not only follow politics but also share their opinions on the daily.’ – Ana Kasparian

‘Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.’ – Sandra Day O’Connor

‘At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.’ – Maelle Gavet

‘I was in the seventh grade when I first began to identify as trans and express my gender identity as a girl. My social transition began with growing my hair and wearing clothes and makeup that made me feel like Destiny’s Fourth Child.’ – Janet Mock

‘Be able to see people’s humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you’re reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized.’ – Jonathan Van Ness

‘By all measures men are the more violent gender.’ – Steven Pinker

‘In Sweden, there’s a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn’t as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women – they create their space.’ – Joel Kinnaman

‘The fact is, ‘Billy Elliot’ is an incredible show, for any age and any gender. ‘Degrassi’ fans would absolutely fall in love with ‘Billy Elliot.” – Jake Epstein

‘As I started to pursue the subject more deeply I realized that walking was this wonderful meandering path through everything I was already interested in – gender politics, public space and urban life, demonstrations and parades and marches. The relationship between walking and thinking and between the mind and the body.’ – Rebecca Solnit

‘I definitely try not to get too caught up in putting too much of a gender or age assessment on everything – I’ve just got to get on with it.’ – Jacinda Ardern

‘I’m manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I’m a different gender, for example… I’m being flippant, but maybe this is a partly gender-driven difference: I’m very keen that we find a way of reaching out across party divides to find things we agree on, as well as the things we disagree on.’ – Nicola Sturgeon

‘When there is a certain subject matter where I want to get involved, where I think I could add to the conversation, and especially with gender issues, I appreciate having that voice and that seat at the table.’ – Molly Qerim

‘One of the hardest questions I have been asked is ‘How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?’ I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.’ – Josefina Vazquez Mota

‘My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature’s laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.’ – Edward Tufte

‘God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and gender boundaries.’ – Elif Safak

‘When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject.’ – Kay Bailey Hutchison

‘Dance music has no gender, class or creeds.’ – Hardwell

”Separate but unequal’ didn’t work in respect to race, it doesn’t work in respect to gender, and it especially doesn’t work when looking at the intersection of race and gender.’ – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

‘I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don’t put myself into gender mode when designing a game.’ – Roberta Williams

‘The future of ballet is really in the hands of the creators, so if it’s something that interests them to push the envelope with gender roles, then I think it will change. But if that’s not of interest to a dance-maker, if their interest is to sort of preserve the way things have been done for the past 200 years, then nothing is going to change.’ – Justin Peck

‘I was assigned female at birth. My gender identify is non-binary.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years – from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 – women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.’ – Tom Brokaw

‘Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender, or your race.’ – Clemantine Wamariya

‘It’s my view that gender is culturally formed, but it’s also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.’ – Judith Butler

‘It’s not a gender thing. You can pick anyone off the street and it depends on his or her own character how they can drive a car.’ – Susie Wolff

‘They say multitasking is a female trait, but it’s not about gender; it’s about personality type.’ – Victoria Coren Mitchell

‘When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.’ – Amartya Sen

‘Gender is a way to hide from the simple truth we all tell: ‘Hey, I’m here, I have a body.” – Susan Griffin

‘Historically marginalised people – by gender, race or nationality – aren’t willing to be silent any longer on the crimes of the past and the continuing misrepresentations of historians.’ – Dawn Foster

‘On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.’ – Mitski

‘I’ve been harassed. I’ve been stalked. I’ve had every public pre-transition photo of me compiled alongside my deadname with the purpose of never letting me be my true gender.’ – ContraPoints

‘Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes – that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not.’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other ‘studies’ courses.’ – Thomas Sowell

”RuPaul’s Drag Race’… is very little about boys who dress up in girls’ clothing: it’s very much about grit, integrity, heart, power of perseverance, and the power of love. It’s also opening a dialogue up about the persecution and the marginalization of trans people, of queer people, of gender non-binary and gender fluid people.’ – Michelle Visage

‘We do need more deaf people in Hollywood. But I don’t think that deaf people always have to play a deaf role. I think we can play different roles. We need to see more diversity period. More people of color. More disabled people. More gender diversity. All kinds of diversity.’ – Millicent Simmonds

‘Hospitality knows no gender or race.’ – Danny Meyer

‘We never had money but it was never a problem. The spirit of comradeship, the commitment to gender equality, social justice and a celebration of pluralism and India’s composite culture provided the glue that kept us joyous and closely bonded.’ – Shabana Azmi

‘I didn’t come out as gay; I came out as I don’t really believe in gender.’ – Eliot Sumner

‘I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating – is this the exact right mix? I think that’s – to me it’s anti-comedy. It’s more about PC-nonsense.’ – Jerry Seinfeld

‘I feel like there’s no such thing as gender.’ – Young Thug

‘The fact I’m the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.’ – Jacinda Ardern

‘We talk race relations, gender politics, about what’s actually happening here in America… Winning ‘Drag Race,’ has allowed me to amplify that.’ – Bob the Drag Queen

‘Some version of ‘Deal or No Deal’ airs in 120 countries. And they play it exactly the same way, with models and briefcases. It crosses language and culture and gender, because it’s the simplest game in the world, and everyone wants to press their luck.’ – Howie Mandel

‘People who don’t have gender dysphoria aren’t going to catch it by watching me dance on television.’ – Chaz Bono

‘So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.’ – Tracy Chapman

‘Gender used to be a barrier for women to overcome if they wanted to be in politics, but today in Taiwan the situation is somewhat different. I think there is even a preference for a woman candidate, and in local elections, we have seen that younger, better-educated female candidates are overwhelmingly preferred by the voters.’ – Tsai Ing-wen

‘Some people’s gender identity conforms to the sex they were assigned at birth, and some people’s identity doesn’t. That realization was certainly very freeing for me – and could be very freeing for other people.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.’ – Eddie Redmayne

‘I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone – whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn’t matter: racial discrimination or sexual orientation or gender. Whatever it is, I’m there. I think I was a born civil rights activist. I can’t stand the smashing of a community. It’s not fair and it’s not right.’ – Pauley Perrette

‘If a man aspires for a political career, he can start at 18 and go on and on. This is not true about women, who fall back when marriage and children happen, which are equally important. That is not gender bias.’ – Jaggi Vasudev

‘Everyone in the world should have a trench coat, and there should be a trench coat for everyone in the world. It does not matter your age; it doesn’t matter your gender.’ – Angela Ahrendts

‘Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it’s more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.’ – Jonathan Sacks

‘Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.’ – Gloria Steinem

‘True gender equality in Scotland – and elsewhere – is still some way off.’ – Nicola Sturgeon

‘So, obviously, on International Women’s Day, we are honoring the achievements of women, but gender equality and feminism cannot evolve in our humanity if we’re not bringing our boys and men along.’ – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

‘My definition of gender expands beyond just two genders.’ – Andy Dunn

‘I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.’ – Pamela Dean

‘Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender.’ – Jon Meacham

‘Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.’ – Pratibha Patil

‘You know, my mum’s always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.’ – Paloma Faith

‘As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own, ways to reflect on things that have happened to us and a chance to engage with the world in ways that transcend time and gender and all sorts of things.’ – Kim Edwards

‘I never let my gender define me but in my whole driving career I only ever did one interview not being asked about being a female.’ – Susie Wolff

‘As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.’ – Steven Pinker

‘I would like to see the breakdown of the binary way of looking at gender and sexuality.’ – Alaska

‘Sports fandom transcends gender, race, language, political preference, socioeconomic status, or any other way you can think of slicing this planet.’ – Mary Pilon

‘Just because the gender of the vocalist is the same, that doesn’t actually tell you anything about the sound of the band.’ – Alissa White-Gluz

‘I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral. I cop a fair bit of flack for going from ‘such a babe to such a boy.” – Ruby Rose

‘A lot of people think that intersectionality is only about identity. But it’s also about how race and gender are structured in particular workforces.’ – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

‘I’d never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community.’ – Edward Enninful

‘We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.’ – Maya Lin

‘In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated the need to think and talk about race through a lens that looks at gender or think and talk about feminism through a lens that looks at race.’ – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

‘There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.’ – Ted Stevens

‘We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.’ – Tarja Halonen

‘There isn’t a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that’s the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now.’ – Susan Powter

‘There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it’s a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don’t realize it until you start looking back.’ – Eddie Bernice Johnson

‘I don’t think gender is aesthetically defining for me.’ – Suzanne Vega

‘Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.’ – Christopher Dodd

‘I think we’re struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.’ – Fred Ward

‘I don’t want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn’t necessarily dominate your sexual activity.’ – John Lone

‘I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don’t have a sense of being in the majority.’ – Susie Bright

‘American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.’ – Carrie Underwood

‘I’m not convinced that what are traditionally considered to be male energies or qualities or female energies or qualities really have as much to do with gender as many people think they do.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘I’m suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that’s really the only place to go. It’s the only place to remain.’ – Andrew Cohen

‘I don’t see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.’ – Jim Harrison

‘There are a lot of people who like to think they don’t have prejudices and that they’re open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves, oftentimes against people of our own race or our own gender or whatever.’ – Jim McKay

‘I’m the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I’m a victim again. A result.’ – James Hillman

‘It’s definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don’t know, I’m just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl.’ – Alison Bechdel

‘That’s all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven’t figured out yet. And that’s one of the things I’m hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project.’ – Alison Bechdel

‘Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.’ – Diane Wakoski

‘Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don’t think that gender applies to them: that it’s a subject for girls.’ – Louise Brown

‘The way I approach the character isn’t about being gay or straight. It’s just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.’ – Mia Kirshner

‘Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one.’ – Robert Brady

‘I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.’ – Bianca Jagger

‘If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas’ race and my gender.’ – Anita Hill

‘We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.’ – Judge Mills Lane

‘That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.’ – Stephen Fry

‘Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There’s been an extraordinary advance.’ – Clifford Geertz

‘I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.’ – Clifford Geertz

‘What is being called the UN ‘gender architecture’ is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.’ – Charlotte Bunch

‘Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn’t figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.’ – Judy Chicago

‘Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.’ – Dorothy Allison

‘Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.’ – Marian Wright Edelman

‘Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.’ – Sonia Sotomayor

‘I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.’ – Sonia Sotomayor

‘And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.’ – Ed Miliband

‘So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn’t know anything and isn’t ready to be vice president. That’s fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender.’ – Debbie Wasserman Schultz

‘Even though I don’t agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny – because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media’s desire for juicy storylines. I think it’s inappropriate.’ – Debbie Wasserman Schultz

‘If you fall in love with someone gay and you’re the opposite gender, it’s not going to work.’ – Rosie O’Donnell

‘As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day.’ – Hilary Rosen

‘Sexuality and gender don’t change anyone’s performance on the court.’ – Sheryl Swoopes

‘Sometimes it’s not even a role that’s specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it’s something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it’s nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I’m all over it.’ – Gabrielle Union

‘I don’t think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it’s our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.’ – Hilary Swank

‘I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how you feel, the sex that you feel yourself to be. Sexual orientation is who you’re attracted to.’ – Chaz Bono

‘As you get older it’s more confusing. Suddenly, there’s more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.’ – Chaz Bono

‘The ’90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender and family structures, and also in fashion. There was a cloud of possibilities which kept us all dizzy.’ – Jil Sander

‘I don’t care what gender someone is, or what race they are. Those things don’t matter to me.’ – Louie Gohmert

‘I have no problem with it. I don’t look on homosexuality as an aberration. It’s just they way they’re born, and how could any relationship between two people in a committed relationship be wrong, regardless of gender?’ – Andrea Thompson

‘I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I’ve done very well!’ – Jacques Pepin

‘When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he’s got his heart in the right place.’ – Adam Yauch

‘There are different chemistries you can have in different bands, and part of that’s caused by the gender.’ – Susanna Hoffs

‘School is very conformist, and one of the very first conforming that goes on in preschool and kindergarten is gender.’ – Dan Savage

‘President Obama’s version of America is a divided one – pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.’ – Mia Love

‘Violence against women in this country is not levied against just Democrats, but Republicans as well… not just rich people or poor people. It knows no gender, it knows no ethnicity, it knows nothing.’ – Gwen Moore

‘I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing ‘chick’ music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It’s part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.’ – Ani DiFranco

‘American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.’ – Tom Hooper

‘My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.’ – Sonia Sotomayor

‘If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.’ – Carly Fiorina

‘I love technology, and I don’t think it’s something that should divide along gender lines.’ – Marissa Mayer

‘Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men still are compensated substantially more – even in professions, like nursing, dominated by women. No wonder there’s a gender gap.’ – Dee Dee Myers

‘As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women’s failure to understand their own lives and interests, the gender gap won’t go away.’ – Dee Dee Myers

‘The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn’t an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.’ – Patti Smith

‘You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.’ – Frances O’Grady

‘Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.’ – Pranab Mukherjee

‘For me, Barack Obama’s election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.’ – Jesse Jackson

‘It’s difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.’ – William Least Heat-Moon

‘I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.’ – Annie Lennox

‘I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.’ – Sophia Bush

‘I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?’ – Eartha Kitt

‘The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women’s representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.’ – Lucy Powell

‘I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called ‘Every Day,’ which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It’s a really impressive execution of a really great premise.’ – John Green

‘I’m not limited by my gender, and I don’t think anyone else should be either. Because I am the age I am and I sort of rode the crest of the first profound post-suffragette feminists, I wasn’t fighting to burn my bra. Those women fought that fight just seconds before I came into womanhood.’ – Ellen Barkin

‘There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there’s poverty; there’s political repression; there’s gender apartheid – there’s a sense of culture loss; there’s religious fanaticism.’ – Lawrence Wright

‘Your race and gender don’t change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.’ – John Podhoretz

‘I am not sure gender ever won’t be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.’ – Jenny Eclair

‘Bones tell me the story of a person’s life – how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background.’ – Kathy Reichs

‘I guess professionally I’ve left my gender open to artistic interpretation.’ – Andreja Pejic

‘As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you’re supposed to do and not supposed to do.’ – Andreja Pejic

‘I think feminism’s a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There’s nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody’s confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.’ – Zosia Mamet

‘What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.’ – Patti Stanger

‘I’ll say this, and this has nothing to do with gender or sexuality: You do not want to get licked in the face repeatedly by another human being. You just don’t. It’s not pleasant.’ – Josh Radnor

‘Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.’ – Kitty Kelley

‘In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce. Telling to win through purposeful stories is situation, industry, gender, demographic, and psychographic-agnostic. It’s an all-purpose, everyone wins tool.’ – Peter Guber

‘I don’t think about the gender of my readers or about reader expectations. I’m frankly scared to. I figured out a long time ago that if I tried to guess the audience, it would be like me trying to guess which stocks to buy.’ – Robert Crais

‘I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gender, that women should be entitled to the same opportunities as men.’ – Ayelet Waldman

‘One of the factors a country’s economy depends on is human capital. If you don’t provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women’s empowerment bring huge economic benefits.’ – Michelle Bachelet

‘The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.’ – Michelle Bachelet

‘First there’s my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that’s a position that I take seriously. That’s the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example and be a role model for the other women in the organization.’ – Susan Wojcicki

‘What’s important is that I do my job really well, that I build great products and that I’m a great leader. All those things matter independent of gender. But I do think there’s a responsibility for me to support other women at Google.’ – Susan Wojcicki

‘At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same criteria – the growth and success of the business.’ – Susan Wojcicki

‘I don’t think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I’ve had female students say to me afterwards, “I never envisioned myself being a director, since I’ve never seen women do it.” But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we’ll see more female directors.’ – Jennifer Yuh Nelson

‘There aren’t a lot of female story artists, and it’s baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, ‘Where did they all go?’ People have brought it up, asking me, ‘What did you do?’ I don’t really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.’ – Jennifer Yuh Nelson

‘I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates – even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process.’ – Eric Ries

‘We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business. It used to be just about your employees and your customers. Now there are all the issues about global warming, about sustainability, about ethics and now about gender and the distribution of wealth.’ – Stuart Rose

‘It’s tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, ‘Oh, look, another quirky girl.” – Paloma Faith

‘Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.’ – Tunde Adebimpe

‘Whether we like it or not, gender differences matter in a combat situation.’ – Pete Hegseth

‘In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won.’ – Marcus Buckingham

‘Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if the lower earner takes a chippy, haughty attitude to spending money they haven’t actually generated themselves.’ – Marian Keyes

‘Sarah Palin is an heir to the women’s movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought, ‘I can’t do that because I’m a woman.” – Gail Collins

‘I’ve never isolated role models based on gender. I have more male role models due to the mere fact that I’ve done business with more of them and they’re leaders within the verticals I work. Of those, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, is an entrepreneur and personal friend that I have a great deal of respect for.’ – Amy Jo Martin

‘I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.’ – Marisha Pessl

‘What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence – gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim ‘You know exactly what I mean!’ depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.’ – Will Self

‘The soul has no gender.’ – Clarissa Pinkola Estes

‘There is no gender to my music. There’s no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It’s much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.’ – Yanni

‘Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact.’ – Roseanne Barr

‘The whole idea that someone should not be able to marry who they love based on their gender and their preference is ridiculous.’ – Jane Wiedlin

‘The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless of their race, their gender, their national background, or their political persuasions.’ – David H. Koch

‘Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.’ – Madeleine M. Kunin

‘The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into achieving minuscule policy changes relating to workplace efficiency, gender or race.’ – Amity Shlaes

‘It’s in everyone’s best interest to help close the gender gap in the sciences.’ – Sarah Brightman

‘Success on the front of women’s rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances – where no girl is denied access to education, for instance – but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.’ – Adora Svitak

‘I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do. If you’re starting to work in tech, talk to the artists, talk to the lawyers, talk to the people who are interested in other things.’ – Beth Simone Noveck

‘Starting early and getting girls on computers, tinkering and playing with technology, games and new tools, is extremely important for bridging the gender divide that exists now in computer science and in technology.’ – Beth Simone Noveck

‘My gender has never been an issue or a limitation. I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by strong women growing up, and with them as my role models, I was never limited by the traditional roles women find themselves in.’ – Brenda Brathwaite

‘I don’t hold myself out as a role model. I don’t believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us.’ – Sheryl Sandberg

‘I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this… because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change.’ – Sheryl Sandberg

‘I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.’ – Sheryl Sandberg

‘In the first couple of years when you’re transitioning you don’t really fit into any gender, because you’re changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.’ – Candis Cayne

‘I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality – period.’ – Mel Gibson

‘Neither gender is routinely more jealous – although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face.’ – Helen Fisher

‘Calling gender violence a women’s issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.’ – Jackson Katz

‘Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.’ – Jackson Katz

‘When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.’ – Michele Bachmann

‘There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man’s land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.’ – Felicia Day

‘I was more comfortable with guys growing up, but now I find myself more comfortable in my own skin and open to people, regardless of their gender or popularity or any other label, as a result.’ – Gillian Zinser

‘American Muslims – young American Muslims in particular – are starting to understand that unless they are willing to stand up for all the other oppressed communities in this country, including those discriminated against for their gender or sexuality, then no one will stand up for them.’ – Reza Aslan

‘I don’t believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, ‘That’s what men are like’ or, ‘That’s what women do’; I don’t really feel that at all. I think that’s because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I’m surrounded by maleness, and I couldn’t possibly summarise them into a type.’ – Natascha McElhone

‘My roles in the ’80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn’t pretty, I wasn’t this, I wasn’t that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That’s just my thing.’ – Pamela Adlon

‘I have always been interested in gender politics, so I’m not that keen on doing things that don’t represent a truth about women.’ – Romola Garai

‘I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.’ – Angela Ahrendts

‘For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.’ – Boman Irani

‘Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving women into the workplace; our feelings about our role in the world. All of that comes in a very direct way out of World War II.’ – Rick Atkinson

‘It’d be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their gender. I’m not going to be allowed to play the part that Denzel Washington plays.’ – Brian Dennehy

‘Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and behaviour.’ – Mohammad Hamid Ansari

‘My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.’ – Heather Bresch

‘Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of ‘maternal imperative’ is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies.’ – Jessica Valenti

‘I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women’s safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.’ – Judith Butler

‘When I was born, there was a very isolated idea of what it meant to be a man or a woman, and you belonged to one gender or the other.’ – Javier Bardem

‘Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, ‘Do you actually know enough to do this?” – Ursula Burns

‘I felt alien my whole life, but I didn’t feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.’ – Patti Smith

‘Like probably a lot of people, I came away from watching films like ‘Miss Representation’ and ‘Half the Sky’ with the realization that the battle for women’s rights is not over, especially not globally, and that the moral imperative of our century is to achieve full rights for everyone regardless of gender.’ – Adora Svitak

‘If we are going to have to worry all the time that we might offend some students’ sensibilities, we are not going to be able to teach in a way that actually matters. We’re not going to be able to teach about sex, gender, race, religion, or violence.’ – Alice Dreger

‘Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.’ – Richard Attias

‘Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.’ – Beth Brooke

‘It’s interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it’s ‘lady’ – a term that has conferred social respect on our gender for over a thousand years – that has women up in arms.’ – Sara Sheridan

”Garage Magazine’ has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.’ – Dasha Zhukova

‘Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference.’ – P. J. O’Rourke

‘I’ve been a staunch advocate of women’s empowerment, and I’ve worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I’m confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.’ – Madhuri Dixit

‘All young people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, need someone who’s got their back.’ – James Lecesne

‘Often, economists spend their energies squabbling with one another, but arguably the more important contrast is between our broadly liberal economic worldview and the various alternatives – common around the globe – that postulate natural hierarchies of religion, ethnicity, caste and gender, often enforced by law and strict custom.’ – Tyler Cowen

‘I grew up in a home where I was literally told from a young age, ‘No daughter of mine will ever wash a man’s socks,’ and I am pleased to say I never have. It was made clear that whatever I wanted to do I should aspire to, regardless of my gender.’ – Noreena Hertz

‘Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.’ – Linda Sanchez

‘I don’t know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.’ – Natsuo Kirino

‘It’s 2014, and women are still paid less than men. Does this suggest that a gender pay gap is an unfortunately permanent fixture? Will it still be with us in 50 years? I would predict yes. But by that point, it will be men who will be earning less than women.’ – Sendhil Mullainathan

‘In the name of feminism, we denied some essential aspects of our authentic selves. While feminism should have been nothing if not a celebration of our own unique characteristics, we insisted that we had no unique characteristics… that gender differences were hogwash, and a feminine woman was nothing more than a plaything for men.’ – Marianne Williamson

‘America’s liberal arts universities have long been safe zones for leftist thinking, protected ivory towers for the pseudo-elite who earn their livings writing papers nobody reads about gender roles in the poetry of Maya Angelou.’ – Ben Shapiro

‘I’m in favour of hipster androgyny: Any trend that permits men to rebel against strict gender rules of appearance is going to make the world a more expressive and sensitive place for all of us.’ – Russell Smith

‘Most critics of gender division are women, and they’re worried about girls and the roles presented for them by gendered entertainments. They are quite right to be. Telling girls that the cars and the guns are beyond their domain of expertise, and that they should content themselves with clothes and friendships, is limiting.’ – Russell Smith

‘A man who reads effeminate may well be consistently heterosexual, and another one might be gay. We can’t read sexuality off of gender.’ – Judith Butler

‘I think we won’t be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don’t understand how certain kinds of links are forged between gender and sexuality in the minds of those who want masculinity to be absolutely separate from femininity and heterosexuality to be absolutely separate from homosexuality.’ – Judith Butler

‘I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention.’ – Ban Ki-moon

‘Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues – including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.’ – Ban Ki-moon

‘Gender equality and women’s empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.’ – Ban Ki-moon

‘The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.’ – Ban Ki-moon

‘So much of the destruction on Earth has been wrought by men. Women are the ones who give life and try to pick up the pieces… What a great gender they are.’ – William T. Vollmann

‘When I got to be a CEO, I said: ‘Right. I’m now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I’m going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.” – Gail Kelly

‘I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.’ – Gail Kelly

‘I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.’ – Drew Gilpin Faust

‘The only way the gender divide affected me was the social things the younger guy executives could do with their bosses. I don’t know what went on in the clubs, because I didn’t go. I made sure my work was stellar, and that compensated for whatever social time we weren’t spending together.’ – Stacey Snider

‘The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender – it’s you.’ – Angela Braly

‘There are many things that matter much more than an editor’s gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.’ – Nancy Gibbs

‘The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the ’60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state – so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once.’ – Nancy Gibbs

‘The more women sit down and write something in a woman’s voice for a woman, they more you’ll see women in comedy because gender doesn’t define sense of humor. Imagination and intelligence and perspective do.’ – Kristen Schaal

‘I can’t explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and passionately. But race matters to me; racial equality matters to me, as does gender. There is something about these kinds of social injustices that go to the deep of me.’ – Sue Monk Kidd

‘Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it.’ – Sue Monk Kidd

‘I never go anywhere and encourage people to get married to someone of the same gender or to have abortions – the issue never comes up.’ – Cindy Sheehan

‘I do believe that it’s something that we don’t talk about, but when there are clearly defined gender roles, it is much simpler. Because you don’t have to think, which people apparently don’t like to do.’ – Judy Gold

‘I was a me-ist. I believed in the right to do whatever I wanted to do regardless of gender. Still do.’ – Suzi Quatro

‘I don’t think it’s at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when their experiences, their character, and in my case, gender, may be different.’ – Hillary Clinton

‘I have never been good at doing impressions of women. Which is understandable. There’s a gender issue.’ – Rory Bremner

‘I feel like a feminist is gender equality.’ – Ilana Glazer

‘I don’t like narrowing my readers down – there’s not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I’m aiming at the child I was.’ – Anthony Browne

‘I’m an only child, so I never had sisters to tell me what I should like based on my gender. I liked what the boys were doing and thought: ‘Why let them have all the fun?” – Rhianna Pratchett

‘Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in public with someone you love of the same gender, or to talk of that love in the hearing of anyone under 18, will put you prison?’ – Ian Mckellen

‘One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.’ – Orhan Pamuk

‘If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.’ – Karen DeCrow

‘There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.’ – Charles M. Blow

‘In New Zealand, men and women would not take a party seriously if it did not have a good gender – and increasingly racial – mix. It’s not about being politically correct; it’s just who we are.’ – Jenny Shipley

‘Flame mails and offensive Internet activities are not classy. It doesn’t fit with our culture here, where we respect the gender, race, opinions, ear-lobe apparel and choice of clothing of all employees.’ – David Duffield

‘Disability informs almost every part of my life. It’s as important, if not more so, than my gender and sexuality. It’s certainly a great deal more important to me than my religion or whether or not I caught a tram, ferry or bus to work.’ – Stella Young

‘Why does ‘writer’ have no gender, but ‘actor’ has a gender? What is that?’ – Abbi Jacobson

‘Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.’ – Robert Webb

‘We are people, individuals comprising a variety of sexes, races, shifting sexualities and all the rest of it. Every convention that tries to reinforce this difference is a step back. Notions of gender pointlessly separate men from women, but also mothers from daughters and fathers from sons.’ – Robert Webb

‘No, feminism isn’t ‘over.’ We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.’ – Robert Webb

‘The word ‘demand’ is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it’s part of their vernacular.’ – Robin Wright

‘I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.’ – Robin Wright

‘The more normal it gets for people to see people of a gender or skin tone they wouldn’t expect in jobs that they wouldn’t expect, or speaking a way they wouldn’t expect them to, the more it cultivates a sense that we share more than separates us.’ – Kelly McCreary

‘I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.’ – Roxane Gay

”Little Women’ has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it’s sentimental, gooey stuff.’ – Gillian Armstrong

‘I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.’ – Justin Trudeau

‘I don’t remember a single day during the time I was minister of gender, foreign minister, vice-president and president when I saw anything on the part of the men that indicated they were undermining me.’ – Joyce Banda

‘There are several places in Vietnam where they’re teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don’t have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.’ – Megan Smith

‘Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that’s not something you can stand behind – it confuses me. I think it’s a really great word.’ – Mackenzie Davis

‘In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.’ – Nicola Sturgeon

‘It’s very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party. Instead, it started to become this electronic lifestyle which also involved the glorification of technology.’ – Thomas Bangalter

‘The business of fiction is the study of the human condition, and gender is something that many humans are obsessed with, thus making it rather difficult to ignore when studying the human condition!’ – Charles Stross

‘I don’t feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity – but a different slant on identity.’ – Lisa Cholodenko

‘I didn’t want my gender to determine whether or not I could cover breaking news.’ – Lynsey Addario

‘I believe gender is a spectrum, and I fall somewhere between Channing Tatum and Winnie the Pooh.’ – Stephen Colbert

‘It is important to note that there exist vast gender differences in the global role of papillomaviruses in human cancers. This is mainly due to the role of this virus family in the induction of cancer of the cervix.’ – Harald zur Hausen

”Suits’ fans. I’ve never met a more diverse audience: across gender, race, class. It’s incredible. People who are high-powered lawyers to doormen. A Chinese immigrant cable installer – who barely spoke English – loves ‘Suits!” – David Costabile

‘I suppose it’s easier for most writers to create and vivify characters of their own gender.’ – Susan Vreeland

‘Sex and gender are such befuddling mysteries even for those of us who are in the mainstream that you’d think we’d be wary of being judgmental. Yet much of society clings to a view that gender is completely binary, when, in fact, there’s overwhelming evidence of a continuum.’ – Nicholas Kristof

‘In ‘Power Play’, Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.’ – M. J. Rose

‘My major obligation or responsibility is to work to integrate gender issues throughout the work of the State Department.’ – Melanne Verveer

‘I always say I never felt ‘latched’ to a gender. I just kind of always felt like myself, and I never felt like I had to do certain things or be a certain way to fit into a certain mold.’ – Shamir

‘I had always been a really peculiar child. My mom would tell you I grew up roughing it with the boys and playing with action figures and toy cars and stuff, but I also had an Easy Bake Oven… I find it amazing that in a really weird way, people are mad that they can’t figure out my gender.’ – Shamir

‘I always find it amazing that people get mad because they can’t figure out my gender. Even though my only job here is to create art, I think being a genderless figure… it shakes people. And when that happens, it makes me feel like I’m doing my job.’ – Shamir

‘I even felt like I liked guys better than women – that men were relevant and women weren’t. It took me a while to realize I’d been socialized to have a slighting view of my own gender.’ – Lynn Coady

‘I was always watching the boys and how they interacted. It comes with being a feminist, just somebody who thinks a lot about gender and how it plays out in society.’ – Lynn Coady

‘I am proud to state that every national Jewish organization we support enforces non-discrimination practices around sexual orientation and that more than 70 percent have written policies in place covering gender identity and expression.’ – Lynn Schusterman

‘So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are – ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life ’cause they’d never deal with themselves to be who they are.’ – Caitlyn Jenner

‘You don’t go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain’t happening. I don’t care who you are.’ – Caitlyn Jenner

‘Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way – they don’t want to conform to society’s expectations.’ – Caitlyn Jenner

‘I didn’t know there were options like gender neutral or gender fluid. I later realized you could be a girl and dress like a guy.’ – Ruby Rose

‘Gender fluidity is not really feeling like you’re at one end of the spectrum or the other. For the most part, I definitely don’t identify as any gender. I’m not a guy; I don’t really feel like a woman, but obviously I was born one. So, I’m somewhere in the middle, which – in my perfect imagination – is like having the best of both sexes.’ – Ruby Rose

‘The biggest deficit in terms of gender equality at Ozon lay in our IT department. So we made a decision, along with our key IT leaders, to remove all filters and systemically interview all the women who apply.’ – Maelle Gavet

‘I don’t buy this premise that the number of minifigures needs to be an equal amount to be gender neutral. Nobody makes artistic products like that; nobody makes a movie and says there has to be equal numbers of men and women.’ – Jorgen Vig Knudstorp

‘My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.’ – Eric Schneiderman

‘Where writers are from is one of the world’ s most boring topics. Where we’re born, gender or race, wealth or poverty – those are the things we spend time talking about. Stop trying to label me. I’m a writer. Worry about whether I’m any good!’ – M. J. Hyland

‘I’ve been surprised at the number of people who were really angry that I tried to convey gender neutrality by using a gendered pronoun.’ – Ann Leckie

‘In so much SF, either gender roles are the ones we’re used to in the here and now, only transported to the future, or else they’re supposedly different, but characters still are slotting into various stereotypes.’ – Ann Leckie

‘Character is made up of a variety of different things. One of those elements is gender.’ – Greg Rucka

‘Jolie’s exotic mixture of brains and glamour makes her the one reliable international star, and one of the few of either gender to make people in every country pay to see her.’ – Richard Corliss

‘We don’t put gender roles on our marriage and our relationship. If I’m working a lot and Cory’s home, he will put Cree to bed, and if dishes need to be washed, he will wash them. So it’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m going to wait until my wife gets home, and she’s going to be doing all that.” – Tia Mowry

‘There are probably industries where gender is more of an issue, but our industry is not one where I think that’s relevant.’ – Marissa Mayer

‘Both European and American historians have done away with any conceptual limits on what in the past needs and deserves investigating. The result, among other things, has been a flood of works on gender history, black history, and ethnic history of all kinds.’ – Edmund Morgan

‘Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations.’ – Jane Ridley

‘My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.’ – Ivanka Trump

‘Every American in uniform, in the White House or at home – USA! USA! USA! – we must be a force for unity in America, for a vision that includes all of us. All of us. Every man and woman, every race, every ethnicity, every faith and creed, including the Americans who are our precious Muslims. And every gender and every gender orientation.’ – John R. Allen

‘I believe love’s grip transcends gender. It transcends everything short of a very few primal needs like hunger, thirst, a need for oxygen.’ – Lauren Kate

‘Equal protection under the law – for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation – should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day.’ – Cory Booker

‘I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.’ – Jenny Slate

‘My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.’ – Nicola Sturgeon

‘The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.’ – Yair Lapid

‘I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.’ – Christy Turlington

‘It’s a controversial issue: many feminists reasonably worry that by taking the concentration off gender as an independent locus of oppression, we dilute the strength of a women’s movement, or of women’s rights advocacy.’ – Rebecca Traister

‘Single women will get us closer to gender equality, and that will take many forms, including a reimagining of what families entail and what it means to have a full female life. Also, their presence will force the government to support a population of independent women more capably.’ – Rebecca Traister

‘One reason that we have collectively plugged our ears against a decade of dismal revelations about Bill Cosby is that he made lots of Americans feel good about two things we rarely have reason to feel good about: race and gender.’ – Rebecca Traister

‘I’m not going to advocate for a female leader who I’m voting for solely on the basis of gender. And I think a lot of people feel that way.’ – Ivanka Trump

‘My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort.’ – Ivanka Trump

‘In the areas where FGM is going down, it has been addressed in a violence against women framework. It’s a gender power control issue, and it is not something you can just educate people out of. It requires people to think that if they do it, there are ramifications. We cannot just rely on people’s good will.’ – Efua Dorkenoo

‘I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.’ – Anne Wojcicki

‘No matter what your age, gender, politics, nationality, social or financial standing, every single person inhabiting the planet Earth has the same reaction to him: ‘Holy crap, Buzz Aldrin, you went to the moon!” – Jeanne Marie Laskas

‘Actors, who have no real sense of who they are or what they want, have long known that not just their gender but every aspect of their identity is on a spectrum. They can be anything they are asked to be. They aspire to a protean state, shape-shifting like high summer clouds.’ – Tom Hollander

‘We provide comedy for everybody, no matter what your race or gender. We just want people to come out and have a really good time.’ – Loni Love

‘Building on our strong track record of supporting developing countries, including in areas like climate justice, human rights, gender and education, Ireland recognises that vulnerable communities need very considerable assistance in adapting to climate change.’ – Enda Kenny

‘I realized I was a girl playing with all of these great musicians, but race and gender never did cross my mind, really, until other people started talking about them. They weren’t really an issue for me.’ – Cynthia Robinson

‘We are used to thinking of Amazon myths in terms of violence against uppity women, but the ancient evidence also reveals a vision of gender equality.’ – Adrienne Mayor

‘The Greeks first identified the Amazons ethnographically, as a nation of men and women distinguished by something outstanding in their gender relations. Later, any ambivalence or anxiety that knowledge of this alternative gender-neutral culture evoked among Greeks was played out in their mythic narratives about martial women.’ – Adrienne Mayor

‘Hip hop is usually a bunch of guys talking to a bunch of guys, in my experience. It’s homosocial, not homosexual, in that it’s almost always all one gender in a room where it’s being created. That locker-room environment has an impact on the language. I think the music suffers ’cause it allows an almost cartoonish level of misogyny.’ – John Legend

‘I like how people will post pictures of me with other women that I adore, hugging on red carpets, and say, ‘See?’ Are we so uncomfortable with love between two people of the same gender that we immediately label it as sexual? But I’ve never been bothered by the lesbian rumor. There’s nothing offensive about it, so there’s no reason to be offended.’ – Kerry Washington

‘When you are in a small rural place with cold weather and a lot of granite, you need people who are going to work hard, and you really stop worrying about what gender they are.’ – Maggie Hassan

‘I want to do right, apart from my gender – I want to do right as a campaign manager.’ – Kellyanne Conway

‘I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, and his aura more feminine. Some called him a traitor to his race. Some fussed about his gender fluidity. I saw him as a post-modern shape-shifter. But the shifts grew more extreme and mysterious.’ – Margo Jefferson

‘I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it’s easy to understand why the ‘girl dressed as a boy’ trope resonated so much. In a world that didn’t want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.’ – Rae Carson

‘Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some… racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company’s policies, a gender bigot.’ – Meryl Streep

‘I’d like to think that the door is always open for just the best actor for the role, you know? Race or gender shouldn’t have anything to do with it, unless the character or story is focused on that for some particular reason.’ – Antoine Fuqua

‘What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It’s something else. It’s something other.’ – Eddie Redmayne

‘If a man can coach a female, why can’t a female coach a male? When I was looking for a coach, the gender of the coach never occurred to me. It was about who I thought was good and who I could get along with and listen to.’ – Martina Navratilova

‘Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn’t know what the gender was of the tennis coach.’ – Martina Navratilova

‘I read academic books on courtesan culture at the turn-of-the century in Shanghai such as Gail Hershatter’s ‘The Gender of Memory’. The diaries were mostly in the form of letters from courtesans to a lover who had disappeared or taken their savings.’ – Amy Tan

‘One of the first studies in the field of gender and language, by Don H. Zimmerman and Candace West in 1975, found that in casual conversations between women and men, women were interrupted far more often.’ – Deborah Tannen

‘An assumption underlying almost all comments on interruptions is that they are aggressive, but the line between what’s perceived as assertiveness or aggressiveness almost certainly shifts with an interrupter’s gender.’ – Deborah Tannen

‘This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?’ – Deborah Tannen

‘If you understand gender differences in what I call ‘conversational style’, you may not be able to prevent disagreements from arising, but you stand a better chance of preventing them from spiraling out of control.’ – Deborah Tannen

‘The study of gender and language might seem at first to be a narrowly focused field, but it is actually as interdisciplinary as they come.’ – Deborah Tannen

‘There are those who believe that the existence of gender differences at very early ages is evidence that these differences are biological or generic in origin.’ – Deborah Tannen

‘I’ve struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn’t black-and-white; I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can’t define them.’ – Evan Rachel Wood

‘The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.’ – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

‘The military has been actually remarkable at dealing with race, but gender is an issue.’ – Edward Zwick

‘Keep in mind that diversity does not just mean black. It means all of it – age, weight, gender.’ – Tracee Ellis Ross

‘Whatever your gender, you can be a ‘Star Wars’ fan.’ – Cass Sunstein

‘I watched my parents act as completely equal partners in their relationship, and as a son to a woman I respect immensely, I never thought of gender inequality as a child.’ – Brad Feld

‘It depends on the generation and gender. The males usually go for ‘Police Academy,’ and the young women now in their late 20s or so go for ‘Punky Brewster.’ I am recognized quite frequently because they’re still playing that stuff on television!’ – George Gaynes

‘The men I worked for didn’t look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse.’ – Dawn Steel

‘There’s an opportunity to make your board – and your company – smarter by adding diversity, especially of gender.’ – Aileen Lee

‘She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It’s kind of the reason she named me Billie. It’s not about being a strong woman – it’s about being a strong person.’ – Billie Lourd

‘The denial of female aggression is a destructive myth. It robs an entire gender of a significant spectrum of power, leaving women less than equal with men and effectively keeping them ‘in their place’ and under control.’ – Katherine Dunn

‘We’re able to choose our candidate not based on gender or sex or anything else other than their ideas.’ – Emily Ratajkowski

‘When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.’ – Jane Lynch

‘One of the favorite things I’ve learned about Michigan State is that they set up a ‘Women’s course’ in 1896. It sounds like the first gender studies department! But when I looked into it, they taught women home economics, liberal arts, and science. So the women’s course was actually a useful degree! It actually teaches something productive!’ – Milo Yiannopoulos

‘Today, it’s about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn’t agree would be a bit of an idiot.’ – Twinkle Khanna

‘I actually believe we are the superior gender. Why are we superior? Statistically, we outlive men by a good 10 years. No one should underestimate the power of nagging – it’s on par with nuclear weapons.’ – Twinkle Khanna

‘I had a multicultural exposure; that’s why I don’t believe in a particular religion. I have respect for most because I grew up surrounded by so many. I don’t judge people by that, and I feel extremely offended when people categorise based on race, religion, or gender.’ – Twinkle Khanna

‘Vivek is a very supportive man. If I am in the kitchen doing something, he comes and helps. I don’t think marriage will change anything for us. Our careers will not be affected after marriage. He believes in gender equality and is a man of today’s time.’ – Divyanka Tripathi

”Ki And Ka’ in a very sweet way says that if you have talent, then gender doesn’t matter.’ – Arjun Kapoor

‘I’m not trying to be a girl by putting on a dress – gender is separated by fabric.’ – Pete Burns

‘Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We’re all human.’ – Tyron Woodley

‘It’s important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.’ – Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

‘NASA didn’t give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were valuable.’ – Theodore Melfi

‘Like my gender, sometimes things don’t come out right the first time.’ – Ben Hopkins

‘Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.’ – Nazanin Boniadi

‘Even in ‘Hollyoaks,’ we were known as ‘the black family’ as opposed to just ‘the new family.’ But that’s where we are in the world, I guess. It’s getting better; everything’s heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender.’ – Ricky Whittle

‘Separate inherently is not equal. There’s a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It’s because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.’ – Gavin Newsom

‘You can’t avoid the conversation of diversity and remembering that diversity goes beyond race and culture. It goes into gender and sexual orientation and all sorts of things.’ – Phillipa Soo

‘Gender transition isn’t about gender. It’s about literally making yourself a better person because you know that’s a better you.’ – Vivienne Ming

‘I think it’s time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.’ – Naveen Jain

‘Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.’ – Naveen Jain

‘There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.’ – Naveen Jain

‘It’s so wonderful that women continue to break down barriers and change societal expectations, but women still suffer discrimination for their gender, class, and race.’ – Sasheer Zamata

‘If you are good enough to compete for a top-level corporate job, you should be smart enough to know what the job pays the other gender and negotiate accordingly. If you are an employer, and you don’t pay an employee market wages, regardless of gender or orientation, you will end up with what you deserve.’ – Mark Cuban

‘By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies or the future may bring, science fiction can do what Dickens and Sinclair did: make real the consequences of social injustice or human folly.’ – James Gunn

‘In my opinion, it’s all about the song and the performance, not the gender.’ – Kelsea Ballerini

‘I see songs in colors; I see days of the week. Each day of the week I relate to a gender, and it’s very weird. I can taste words sometimes. It’s very strange.’ – Alessia Cara

‘The ‘Crossfire’ demographic is all-encompassing. Age, gender, religion, culture… it doesn’t matter.’ – Sylvia Day

‘What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.’ – Kapil Sibal

‘I always felt that it was never the duty of a person to really stand up for their gender or their race or anything like that – I always felt that was a personal choice. But I do feel now that maybe my opinion is evolving or changing a little bit.’ – Kumail Nanjiani

‘I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can’t have all corn growers… Not only that, you’ve got gender diversity, you’ve got racial diversity.’ – Sonny Perdue

‘If you real from the heart, you real from the heart. That ain’t got nothing to do with no sex or gender.’ – Quavo

‘There’s an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever. The truth is action is not any different than any other part of a story.’ – Patty Jenkins

‘I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren’t really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn’t grow up around women who were like, ‘Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.’ I didn’t really see that in my house.’ – Omari Hardwick

‘I prefer to put myself in an environment that’s further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.’ – Amor Towles

‘I wasn’t prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent my formative years, we were judged solely on our talent, and gender wasn’t a factor.’ – Gretchen Carlson

‘I try to appeal to all Kentucky voters, regardless of gender, about the future of state.’ – Mitch McConnell

‘Our parents treated all three of us – two sisters and a brother – equally. When it came to education, or our future plans, there was no discrimination between us based on our gender.’ – Chanda Kochhar

‘Looking back at my career, I wish I knew then what I know now… that gender bias is built into the system, and it’s unconscious in many ways. I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more. I was always trying to be a ‘good girl’ and play by the rules.’ – Valerie Plame

‘I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation and gender and age group. Everyone is saying we live in this bubble, and there’s some truth to that. But I do not think it is healthy to all of a sudden invalidate the way we live in New York.’ – Billy Eichner

‘It’s definitely a problem inside the technology industry – not just gender discrimination. Diversity is an issue within technology, within Expedia.’ – Dara Khosrowshahi

‘The fight for justice for the transgender community is largely invisible to our fellow citizens, despite the rampant systematic discrimination of trans people – those whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘Unfortunately, it seems to me that when it comes to issues affecting the trans community, most people who are cisgender – a word describing those people whose gender identity is in alignment with the sex they were assigned at birth – focus too much on the administrative, legal, and medical aspects of trans identity.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘No one knows my gender more than I do. You do not know my gender better than I do. A doctor doesn’t know it better than I do. My parents don’t know it better than I do. No one experiences my gender in the way that I experience it.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘Presenting myself and my gender is about my right to exist.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘Gender presentation should reflect the person that you are. When you lose control of your gender presentation, you lose an important aspect of your identity and existence.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘There’s this ridiculous idea that I’m a gender traitor because I’m not a feminist. I’m supposed to be part of a sisterhood: you’re automatically supposed to support all women just because you have the same genitals as them, which doesn’t make sense.’ – Lauren Southern

‘Filmmaking is not about gender. You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men.’ – Marion Cotillard

‘We’re supposed to be bringing out-of-the-box thinking and innovation, and you cannot do that unless you’ve got diversity… It’s everything from gender to ethnicity to geographic diversity.’ – Julie Sweet

‘It’s important to reflect upon how far we’ve come in achieving gender equality in the workplace and how we could move faster toward even greater goals.’ – Julie Sweet

‘No American should have to live in constant fear that their employer can fire them just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.’ – Jared Polis

‘It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership, and vision.’ – Angela Ahrendts

‘I hope to be viewed and judged first and foremost by my accomplishments and capabilities as a leader – regardless of my gender.’ – Heather Bresch

‘I never had an issue with gender.’ – Judy Sheindlin

‘I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional – if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch.’ – Petra Collins

‘There are challenging days – but I’d tell people they should really do what they are interested in and not think about their gender.’ – Alexa Hirschfeld

‘Maybe our work appeals to some people more than others. But the opportunities that I present to my colleagues are completely uninfluenced by gender, race, sexual orientation, or religion.’ – Bjarke Ingels

‘There are tons of women’s perfumes that I’ve smelt and been like, ‘I love that. I would totally wear that,’ and lots of women smell a lot of men’s cologne and think the same thing about that. I think there should be no reason to put gender on it.’ – Shawn Mendes

‘I think that there’s so many versions of femininity, and in terms of gender as a binary construct, that seems to be being dismantled.’ – Carrie Brownstein

‘My favorite subjects were astronomy, sociology, and gender studies. And I always loved math class; I have a thing for numbers. I played soccer freshman year and then realized I hate sweating, but looking back, I definitely should have kept up with sports.’ – Selah Louise Marley

‘From the time I was 20 and people would say, ‘Chicks with Picks,’ I hated it. It’s not a genre, it’s a gender.’ – Margo Price

‘More and more – especially the younger generation – are functioning outside the binary concept of gender. That’s just next-generation stuff.’ – Anohni

‘When members of a certain party concoct various devious schemes to suppress votes, purposely misinform potential voters, spread vile untrue filth about certain candidates, play the race, gender and religious cards, and literally tamper with vote tallies, then we are not a truly representative government!’ – Richard Belzer

”Personalization’ is a popular word in retail, and people often misuse it to describe simple marketing tactics, like segmenting emails or using big data to identify the likely gender of a visitor to their websites.’ – Katrina Lake

”Thelma and Louise’ was a pretty important film for me and still is. It’s a social film about many things – gender, freedom – and it puts someone like me into the place of these protagonists. Watching that movie, you are living through the eyes of these women.’ – Jordan Peele

‘Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about gender or are quick to dismiss the problems of gender. Because thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable.’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Clearly, there is a gender imbalance when it comes to venture capital and entrepreneurship.’ – David Cohen

‘Injustice is either very blatant – you walk down the street and someone calls you a name; you don’t get a job because of your gender or your skin color or your sexual preference – but injustice is also very subliminal.’ – Jurnee Smollett-Bell

‘Despite the gender stereotypes in the ’80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.’ – Amanda de Cadenet

‘Gender discrimination has no place in our workforce.’ – Cathy McMorris Rodgers

‘As the highest-ranking Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives and the mom of two daughters, I believe if we’re serious as a nation about empowering every American to pursue his or her own dreams, then true cases of gender discrimination need to be confronted.’ – Cathy McMorris Rodgers

‘Our goal as Republicans is to ensure gender discrimination ends once and for all, and to also help guarantee those who want to remain in the workforce and continue their careers aren’t hindered by clunky, outdated regulatory structures that penalize them for making that choice.’ – Cathy McMorris Rodgers

‘The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.’ – Rich Eisen

‘Gender and sex are about rules which we have invented, but we are animals; we belong to nature.’ – Alessandro Michele

‘I don’t have a gender thesis. I am truly optimizing for the right person for the task, whether that means running a company or working on my team.’ – Kirsten Green

‘You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.’ – Daya

‘How the hell can you change gender in the rural areas? I am a woman. We don’t have good doctors; we are not rich to do such procedures.’ – Caster Semenya

‘I don’t see gender when I look at the world.’ – Nithya Menen

‘The ‘X-Men’ stories are the stories of outsiders: people who don’t fit into normal society and are ostracised; it’s a metaphor for gender, race, or sexual orientation.’ – Noah Hawley

‘To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.’ – Nancy Dubuc

‘Unless we make computer science a priority, we risk making gender, class, and racial disparities worse as jobs flow to those with a computer science background.’ – Susan Wojcicki

‘The #metoo campaign opened a particular window into the gender dynamics in technology, with many prominent women speaking out.’ – Emily Chang

‘Too often, customary practices and discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, social status, or class are the root sources of pervasive inequality in many countries.’ – Said Musa

‘Sexual orientation and gender identity are not a choice, and anyone who knows me and my work over the years knows that I am a firm believer and supporter in the rights of LGBT Americans.’ – Valerie Jarrett

‘I’ve fought to close the gender and racial pay gap for a very long time. One piece of advice I like to give whenever I’m speaking on the subject: if you want equal pay, join a union! I’ve never seen a union contract that pays women 79 cents to a man’s dollar.’ – Jan Schakowsky

‘The best advice I give to young people starting out is choose your boss. Regardless of gender, I think it is important to have someone who supports you and lets you take risks without fear of failure.’ – Nancy Dubuc

‘I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone’s equal, everyone’s their own person, everyone’s their own individual.’ – Little Simz

‘Soccer, more often than not, helps to unite the world. What this Muslim ban is doing is dividing it: separating ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ to another degree, adding more division to a country that already struggles with race, religion, sexual orientation, and gender.’ – Becky Sauerbrunn

‘The women’s national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it’s empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.’ – Becky Sauerbrunn

‘Gender parity in management is a necessity.’ – Richard Edelman

‘As physics has proven, we’re ultimately particulate matter, which means we are all one. That’s why racial and gender bias is so ridiculous.’ – Valerie Harper

‘People are people, regardless of who they love or what gender they relate to.’ – Bill Foster

‘I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender.’ – Kaya Scodelario

‘What I want is a world where neither gender nor sex are destiny. Where no child is ever told there’s anything they can’t do, or must do, ‘because you’re a boy’ or ‘because you’re a girl.’ It’s not a world where anything is ‘taken’ from anyone – it’s one where everyone’s possibilities are enlarged.’ – Naomi Alderman

‘People want to know and understand each other across lines of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability.’ – Jacqueline Woodson

‘I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country.’ – Lynn Nottage

‘U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.’ – Miroslav Lajcak

‘Accenture has long been a champion of inclusion and diversity and, specifically, gender balance at every level of our organization, including our board of directors.’ – Pierre Nanterme

‘With the full power of our 360,000 people, we said to the external world, ‘This is what we believe at Accenture is the right thing to do, and gender equality is among the business principles which are fundamental for a company, and we want this to be known outside.” – Pierre Nanterme

‘Gender equality is one of the principles we will never compromise at Accenture.’ – Pierre Nanterme

‘I think companies need to take more ownership over the gender gap themselves because if everybody does that, then overall, it will improve.’ – Gillian Tans

‘Not only do we need more women in the technology sector, we also clearly need to refocus energy on improving gender equality in the global economy.’ – Gillian Tans

‘I have been talking to trade ministers in various countries who all say that gender inclusivity is important to them. We need to make this importance visible to the rest of the world and catalyse action towards more inclusive trade.’ – Arancha Gonzalez

‘Governments everywhere have ministries dedicated to women’s affairs. I know of only one with a Ministry for Women Empowerment: Indonesia. Charged with the ‘realization of gender equality and justice’ together with children’s well-being, the ministry frames gender equality as a matter of justice.’ – Arancha Gonzalez

‘I never intended to become a data head. I could never have predicted it would play such an important role in my life. Yet here we are: My Institute on Gender in Media has sponsored the largest amount of research ever done on gender depictions in media, covering a 20-year-plus span.’ – Geena Davis

‘Many businesses understand the advantages of gender parity.’ – Paul Polman

‘At Unilever, we are committed to building an inclusive organisation where all individuals feel safe, valued, and supported – irrespective of gender, background, or any other difference.’ – Paul Polman

‘The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation.’ – Paul Polman

‘Sweden’s development is based on the equal rights of men and women. We know that investments in gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights pay off.’ – Isabella Lovin

‘We are convinced that gender equality is the foundation of sustainable peace and development and that gender-based violence needs to be addressed head-on as part of the efforts to build peace.’ – Isabella Lovin

‘If you always have consciousness of gender equality at the heart of your policies, then you will have much more democratic, much more sustainable development.’ – Isabella Lovin

‘Without women’s equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.’ – Winnie Byanyima

‘I’ve not been discriminated against, but I can see it happen. And not just race but gender and sexuality, too. It’s stereotyping, lazy casting, which is an issue: that people can’t see outside the box.’ – Georgina Campbell

‘I went to Macalester in Minnesota to study social psychology, the study of why people do what they do. I was really looking at race, population, gender, and how we psychologically function in a way that affects our societal outcomes around those issues.’ – Danai Gurira

‘My personal style really started in my teens when I gained purchasing power to actually buy my own damn clothes. For so long, my parents dictated what I wore, which largely was their way of containing me within the gender binary.’ – Janet Mock

‘Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary as well as the impossibly high beauty standards that I, and my female peers, measured myself against.’ – Janet Mock

‘Toughening up, performing masculinity, pretending to enjoy things I didn’t enjoy all enabled me to dodge the gender policing of the adults around me. But the way I really was – the swished hips, the Double-Dutching, the hair flips – seemed to always prevail and attract Dad’s disdain.’ – Janet Mock

‘We are building a country where a person’s prospects are determined by their own initiative and hard work and not by the color of their skin, place of birth, gender, language, or income of their parents.’ – Cyril Ramaphosa

‘We remain a highly unequal society in which poverty and prosperity are still defined by race as well as gender.’ – Cyril Ramaphosa

‘Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in tandem with stereotypes, attitudes, and behaviors.’ – Jose Angel Gurria

‘Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large.’ – Jose Angel Gurria

‘In the face of sluggish growth, aging societies, and increasing educational attainment of young women, the economic case for gender equality is clear.’ – Jose Angel Gurria

‘It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes.’ – Leandra Medine

‘Family-supportive policies, which enable women to remain and progress in paid employment and encourage men to take their fair share of care work, are crucial to achieving gender equality at work.’ – Guy Ryder

‘Climate change and variations particularly impact many aspects of life that are inextricably linked to health: food security, economic livelihoods, air safety, and water and sanitation systems. Gender differences in health risks are likely to be worsened by climate change.’ – Tedros Adhanom

”Drag Race’ has become a staple of modern television for the way it skewers expectations and attitudes about gender, much as a show like ‘black-ish’ works to challenge stereotypes about black families in America.’ – Jenna Wortham

‘The speed with which modern society has adapted to accommodate the world’s vast spectrum of gender and sexual identities may be the most important cultural metamorphosis of our time.’ – Jenna Wortham

‘The people in the decision-making positions need to be thinking differently about who to hire, and looking more unsparingly at their choices. Why give this person a break over that person? Why give this person a second chance over that person? I do think that’s where gender comes into play.’ – Karyn Kusama

‘We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a global scale, not through the same cynical, isolationist policies which have eroded these so-called ‘British’ values across the rest of the world.’ – Deeyah Khan

‘The proportion of women attracted to the Islamic State is likely to be less than that in other militant organisations, such as the Tamil Tigers, the PKK, and the IRA. Undoubtedly, their roles within the Islamic State are much more confined by the rigid gender divisions under their ultraconservative rulings.’ – Deeyah Khan

‘For me, if a company is really committed to diversity, that means everything. That means gender diversity, that means sexual orientation for me, that means race, ethnicity.’ – Kimberly Bryant

‘Gender is not central to coding.’ – Kimberly Bryant

‘I liked art history. Also liked the gender ratio, especially compared to applied math and physics.’ – Jesse Andrews

‘Our sport is one of the few on the winter side that is so diverse. It shows we don’t have to be limited by race or gender or whatever and how far we have come as a sport.’ – Elana Meyers

‘It would be easier for people to grasp that gender, sex, and sexual orientation are different things if we had as much imagination in real life as we do when we are making our movies.’ – Yance Ford

‘How can our industry better represent the reality of our larger community and provide our next generation a proper example of what they see around them every single day? This representation should also look beyond race and include those of all body types, religion, sexuality, and gender identification.’ – Adwoa Aboah

‘Gender is a spectrum.’ – Yara Shahidi

‘The big trick is just to get to a point where we’re just considered DPs, and we’re not ‘female DPs.’ When you think of the word ‘doctor’ or ‘teacher,’ you don’t think gender. And it would be nice to get to a place where ‘DP’ meant either and ‘director’ meant either and ‘gaffer’ meant either.’ – Rachel Morrison

‘For me, having a gender identity that was different from my sex assigned at birth and that wasn’t seen by society felt like a constant feeling of homesickness – that unwavering ache in the pit of my stomach.’ – Sarah McBride

‘I’ve always been Sarah. My gender identity has always existed. I’ve always been a woman. Gay people aren’t straight before they come out as gay, and transgender people are who they are before they come out and transition.’ – Sarah McBride

‘Put simply, barring transgender people from restrooms consistent with their gender identity doesn’t help anyone, and continuing to allow transgender people to access those restrooms doesn’t hurt anyone.’ – Sarah McBride

‘For my entire life, I’ve wrestled with my gender identity.’ – Sarah McBride

‘Too often, when transgender people die, family members or funeral homes will end up dressing a body of a transgender person in the garments of the gender that they were assigned at birth instead of their gender identity. They’re often dead-named and misgendered.’ – Sarah McBride

‘I think it’s really difficult for folks that aren’t transgender to really wrap their mind around the feeling of having a gender identity that differs from their sex assigned at birth. But for me, it felt like a constant feeling of homesickness.’ – Sarah McBride

‘I was born into the most amazing family an underdog could be born into, and I was born into the LGBTQ community. And what a beautiful community we are. The art, the music, the fashion, the brains, the fight, the survival skills, the diversity, male, female, non-binary, Gender Non Conforming, cis, trans, femme, and all races.’ – Justin Tranter

‘We need policymakers to keep an eye on gender and write policies that are explicitly designed to include underserved populations like girls in computer science courses.’ – Reshma Saujani

‘I was a fan of the idea of Red Sonja, but the gender politics of the character made her hard to read, for me, at times.’ – Gail Simone

‘I realize that ‘hire qualified women!’ is the sort of outraged demand that’s often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions.’ – Nell Scovell

‘I’ve been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.’ – Nell Scovell

‘I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn’t ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It’s important to me.’ – Nell Scovell

‘I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show’s writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience.’ – Nell Scovell

‘Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms of men.’ – Mary Beard

‘There are certain expectations placed on writers if other people have put a value on their gender. I’m aware of the hundreds of tiny differences that happen when people are seeing your gender before they see something else.’ – Laeta Kalogridis

‘On one hand, my gender has never been an issue. The issue has always been what’s on the page. But the reality is, an awful lot of women fought an awful lot of battles to get me to that place.’ – Laeta Kalogridis

‘I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.’ – Alyson Stoner

‘There’s something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are able to throw the behavior of the men into a particular relief and be playful within a slightly larger-than-life way with it.’ – Phyllida Lloyd

‘It is my firm belief that the highest value must be placed on the virtue of each individual, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.’ – Tennys Sandgren

‘Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a matter of gender, is almost entirely dependent on culture – a culture that teaches girls math isn’t cool and no one will date them if they excel in physics.’ – Eileen Pollack

‘My sexuality’s very fluid, and my gender is very fluid.’ – Amandla Stenberg

‘I don’t think gender even exists.’ – Amandla Stenberg

‘As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn’t know how I could claim the title of ‘feminist’ without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.’ – Amandla Stenberg

‘I’m someone who is inspired by people who’ve spoken out about different racial and gender issues.’ – Amandla Stenberg

‘I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It’s applicable to the entire world.’ – Margaret Qualley

‘I never saw gender as a barrier.’ – Stephanie McMahon

‘I think anybody has – regardless of your gender, we all have equal value. If you have value to bring and value to provide, you just have to be willing to use your voice.’ – Stephanie McMahon

‘Gender is more of a continuum than we are willing to admit when we hit the restroom.’ – Neri Oxman

‘We like to imagine that women would do a better job of ruling the world – and I’m one of those optimists – but women aren’t a superior kind of life form just because of our gender. We’re awesome but not perfect. We’re human. Just like men.’ – Marjorie Liu

‘Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.’ – Bozoma Saint John

‘One thing standing in the way of further progress for many men is the same obstacle that held women back for so long: overinvestment in their gender identity instead of their individual personhood.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘Our goal should be to develop work-life policies that enable people to put their gender values into practice. So let’s stop arguing about the hard choices women make and help more women and men avoid such hard choices.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘Turning back the inequality revolution may be difficult. But that would certainly help more families – at almost all income levels – than turning back the gender revolution.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘The real gender inequality in marriage stems from the tendency to regard women as the default parent, the one who, in the absence of family-friendly work policies, is expected to adjust her paid work to shoulder the brunt of domestic responsibilities.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘We need to push for work-family practices and policies that allow individuals to customize their work lives according to their changing individual preferences and family obligations, not just their traditional gender roles.’ – Stephanie Coontz

‘I try to encourage myself to act in a way that supports gender equality, and I call that feminist. Whatever word people want to use to call that, I’m not really attached to a label.’ – O. T. Fagbenle

‘You are a much more forceful advocate against gender bias and wage inequality if you actually hire women. If you are a white man who advocates for change, then hire someone other than a white man as an example of that change.’ – Nina Shaw

‘For Marvel, we’ve never looked at any of our characters in terms of gender, race, or religion. It truly is about, who is the best character for the story? If that character happens to be a woman, fantastic.’ – Jeph Loeb

‘I guess people have this image of women being more compassionate, being the mother, being caring, but I don’t know if that’s true. I think it’s an image we’ve all carried over the years. I never want to attribute certain qualities to gender.’ – Caroline Dhavernas

‘In the end, we all seek one thing in life, regardless of gender: to be recognized for the hard work we have done and to leave our sport or business or entity in a better place than when we came in.’ – Julie Foudy

‘If you’re a man, you’re a man. If you’re a woman, you’re a woman. You use the bathroom of your gender. If you can’t figure it out, I’m not sure I can help you.’ – Todd Wilcox

‘We cannot solve the STEM gender gap without solving it for millennials. They’re our first digital natives, and they’re willing to learn quickly.’ – Caroline Ghosn

‘College was a wonderful time to really explore my interests. I ended up writing my senior thesis about gender inequality in the developing world.’ – Lauren Bush

‘Every woman who proves that it is not about gender but about excellence paves the way.’ – Belinda Johnson

‘Look, does gender play a part in how people perceive Hillary Clinton? Yes. But it’s also not the reason people criticize her about the emails or Benghazi.’ – Ana Navarro

‘It’s quite unbelievable that Charlie Crist is getting away with this reinvention of himself – this rewriting of history for blatantly political purposes. Other than his gender, the guy has flip-flopped on everything, and I don’t put that past him either.’ – Ana Navarro

‘Never before has a major professional sports team partnered in this way with a female-driven brand like Bumble. It’s an honor to partner with an organization as progressive and compassionate as the Clippers. Like us, they know generating awareness for diversity and gender equality is critical to business success.’ – Whitney Wolfe Herd

‘In a sense, we are all victims of the misogyny and racism that exist in the world, no matter what our gender or race happens to be.’ – Kehinde Wiley

‘I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships.’ – Kenya Barris

‘Objecting to someone because of his religious beliefs is not the same thing as prejudice based on religious heritage, race, or gender.’ – Jacob Weisberg

‘Children’s picture books are a unique record of social evolution: in gender roles and racial politics, as is much discussed, but also in fashion and interior design.’ – Rumaan Alam

‘For me, coming from the women’s movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space and in gender relations as well. Wherever there’s power, there’s politics.’ – Elif Safak

‘I wish everything was gender neutral. I wish we weren’t separated by boundaries like pink and blue and little things like that. I wish we could choose how we express ourselves without hate.’ – Jazz Jennings

‘The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.’ – Julia Hartz

‘Transforming our societies and our economies is an agenda that requires the participation of all. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are key. Including and empowering women and girls to develop and implement climate solutions is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do.’ – Patricia Espinosa

‘Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot take for granted that gender equality and women’s empowerment in the field of climate change and sustainable development will happen automatically.’ – Patricia Espinosa

‘We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.’ – Mona Eltahawy

‘Don’t think of your gender as a handicap.’ – Reed Morano

‘Directing is not about gender. Directing is individual to the actual individual. From woman to woman, directing is completely different. It’s about giving more than half the population a chance to express themselves, you know what I mean? It doesn’t always mean it’s going to be more sensitive.’ – Reed Morano

‘Gender dysphoria is never an easy thing to live with, mainly because people don’t understand it.’ – Andreja Pejic

‘To demand that people find their assigned narrow corridors of culture or ethnicity or gender, expecting people to forevermore stay in that lane, is to limit our human potential. It’s oppressive.’ – Andreja Pejic

‘When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn’t do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income.’ – DeRay Mckesson

‘Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.’ – Bernice King

‘I’ve been lucky. I’ve been at a place that’s a meritocracy. It doesn’t really matter that much what your gender is if you do the work well.’ – Mildred Dresselhaus

‘It doesn’t matter what gender you are, or it doesn’t matter what other background you come from: everybody deals with insecurity.’ – Katy Mixon

‘At the end of the day, I think people are starting to realize that if you say you stand for equality, it has to be equality across the board. It can’t just be equality for people who look like me, are my gender, think or love like me. It has to be equality for everybody.’ – Jason Winston George

‘Bangkok is one of those places where it’s so rich and full of tradition, but they’re so open to different people – different gender expressions and gender identities. As a gay man, I never once felt uncomfortable there. As a black man, I never once felt uncomfortable.’ – Karamo Brown

‘For ‘Gender Studies,’ I wrote that story in May and June of 2016. People have said to me, ‘Oh, it’s a political allegory,’ and I think, ‘Sure.’ The political stuff is definitely there. But that’s why I like fiction; there can be lots of different things going on, and it’s all intertwined, and you can’t separate out what’s in what category.’ – Curtis Sittenfeld

‘I never write something and consciously embed political commentary or any other kind of commentary. I just try to get the characters into a room or out of a room, or onto the plane, or through the grocery store. The political stuff, the class stuff, the gender stuff, is in the air, it’s in their interactions, because it’s there for all of us.’ – Curtis Sittenfeld

”When Katie Met Cassidy’ is a romantic comedy about two very different women who find themselves uncontrollably drawn to one another. Issues of gender and sexuality play their part in the novel, but first and foremost, it’s a fun, fast-paced love story.’ – Camille Perri

‘When I wrote ‘The Assistants,’ I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing.’ – Camille Perri

‘I decided on a chocolate business. I love the history of chocolate and making it and the fact that people of any gender, age, and race enjoy it. I found a space in Brooklyn that had not been used in 30 years. Then I talked to an investor who wanted more than 50 percent of the business.’ – Jacques Torres

‘I wanted to explore expectations we have of people – what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don’t meet our own interpretation of who they should be because of their gender, their background, their ethnic group, we then come to conclusions about them that are not accurate.’ – Ayobami Adebayo

‘As governor, I would gladly sign legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. Other states have led on these issues, and I firmly believe that Ohio must provide an inclusive, welcoming, and tolerant environment that is free of harassment and discrimination for everyone.’ – Richard Cordray

‘Civic poetry is public poetry. It is political poetry. It is about the hard stuff of life: money, crime, gender, corporate excess, racial injustice. It gives expression not just to our rites but also to our problems and even our values; these poems are not about rustic vacations.’ – Alissa Quart

‘I saw my gender – and myself – as something of a construct. Like anyone who read one too many women studies’ books in the 1990s, I aspired to both ‘do’ and undo my sex.’ – Alissa Quart

‘Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to Professor Antony Hewish and Professor Martin Ryle. At the time, science was still perceived as being carried out by distinguished men.’ – Jocelyn Bell Burnell

‘I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.’ – Robert Lepage

‘As far as the adjectives that I lead with, I think a writer and a comedienne are first. I have never qualified my experience or gender or my race, although I know that’s a huge component on how that is used. But I think in order for me to do my job effectively, I have to really be the best at what it is I’m doing.’ – Natasha Rothwell

‘I’m still angry at so much – class, gender, society, the way we are constantly mentally coerced into behaving a certain way without us even knowing it. I feel so oppressed by the weight of it all that I just want to blow a hole in it all.’ – Viv Albertine

‘I’ve worked a lot with kids who identify as LGBTQ or gender nonconforming, and they are unquestionably some of the bravest people I’ve ever met.’ – Becky Albertalli

‘If a woman is successful, then she’s deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we’re all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn’t seem to me to have changed an iota.’ – Glenda Jackson

‘What interested me, was that as we age, those seemingly unbreakable barriers that define us, our gender, they begin to crack, to blur; they’re not absolutes anymore.’ – Glenda Jackson

‘I think the world is kind of catching on that gender roles aren’t so necessary and becoming a lot less defined and starting to become a lot more about the individual and character of that person.’ – Mia Goth

‘Drag is literally so ancient that it predates modern understanding of gender, of transness, of queerness. Drag predates modern ideas of gender, of theater at all. Drag predates the word ‘drag’ itself.’ – Sasha Velour

‘As a drag performer, my identity exists in music, art, and fashion, not in any one ‘language’ of gender or ‘appearance.” – Sasha Velour

‘No matter what you’re doing, whether it’s a makeup tutorial or an interview or a lip sync, performance is the essence of drag. It is gender performance. Being able to produce a performance is what a superstar has to do.’ – Sasha Velour

‘A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end of the gender spectrum, and they expect drag queens to be masculine out of drag and hyper-feminine in drag. I think that portrays a lot of binary thinking and, ultimately, a lot of misogyny.’ – Sasha Velour

”Drag Race’ doesn’t claim to represent drag as a whole. ‘Drag Race’ is a reality show. If you see real drag shows, we just do drag and respect each other’s art and who your real identity is – name, gender, hair color, anything.’ – Trixie Mattel

‘Every conversation we have as a band is about gender in some way, and it’s been like that from the beginning.’ – Lauren Mayberry

‘For a long time, I really blithely walked around in the world imagining that gender didn’t matter any more and behaving like I was on equal footing with other people. And I think, for a long time, it was easy to live in the world that way.’ – Kerry Bishe

‘Partly because women in the U.S. are better represented in the hierarchies, the culture wars over gender there have been particularly fierce.’ – Linda Colley

‘There’s something not right with a person’s soul when they judge another human being to be less adequate because of their gender or skin color.’ – Lexi Alexander

‘Truth: I loathe the idea of being hired because of my gender, and I shudder at the thought that one day I show up on set, and half of the crew thinks, ‘Here comes the quota hire.” – Lexi Alexander

‘In terms of writing and developing, TV is very open because TV needs stories. They need new pitches, and they need new ideas. They don’t always take the risk for new ideas, but they are certainly open to it. They can’t have enough people come in and pitch to them. It doesn’t matter how they look or what gender they are.’ – Lexi Alexander

‘It’s almost comical how un-liberal liberal Hollywood is when it comes to fighting gender and racial bias.’ – Lexi Alexander

‘If you don’t know somebody, whether you’re inquiring into their sex or their gender, it’s invasive.’ – Hari Nef

‘My experience with ‘Transparent’ has completely spoiled me because it was the safest, most transpositive set ever. I didn’t have to worry about all the usual things – like when people have a vision of your transness that you’re not comfortable with. When they don’t know the correct gender pronouns by which to refer to you.’ – Hari Nef

‘I think that often my work is obscured by my gender identity.’ – Hari Nef

‘I could have hidden in Boston and lived at home for three years, gone through my transition, taken voice lessons to make my voice more feminine, gotten gender reassignment surgery, and spent time to complete my transition, but I didn’t want to wait. I wanted to be in the world.’ – Hari Nef

‘What we really need to look at is gender fluidity and the idea that gender can be customised however you want.’ – Hari Nef

‘When I governed, the overwhelming mindset of the media was to dismiss out of hand any suggestion that anything happening to me was in any way related to gender.’ – Julia Gillard

‘I’m so glad that we have had so many consequential rallies and parades which have now educated people and made them stand up for the third gender and give them the absolute place in our society that they deserve. There should have never been a division in the first place, though.’ – Kubra Sait

‘One may assume that playing a transgender is different, but I’m simply playing a third gender. Why should it make my acting process any different?’ – Kubra Sait

‘Not being treated OK is something everyone can relate to, no matter what age or gender.’ – Sigrid

‘I like diversity. I’d like there to be all levels of gay and straight, all different variations of gender, all colors, all creeds. I’m into seeing that.’ – LP

‘Let’s make it clear: women are sexier than men. They are a prettier gender than their male counterparts. And then, if a woman is comfortable showing her mid-riff on-screen, what is the other’s problem? Why does she face body shaming? Does a man face the same while going shirtless?’ – Kriti Kharbanda

‘Gender is irrelevant, and if you love somebody, you love somebody.’ – Jeffree Star

‘A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.’ – Vicky Kaushal

‘Why are we only talking about gender discrimination. We need to focus on the other kinds of discriminations in practice.’ – Radhika Apte

‘Gender discrimination is not the only form of discrimination one has to deal with.’ – Radhika Apte

‘There are hierarchies in B-Town regarding many things, not just gender. Men also go through a lot in this industry.’ – Radhika Apte

‘I think that it is too common for white feminists to say, ‘We want some diversity. Come join our movement about gender, but we want you to check the class and race at the door.’ And you can’t undo that braid of race, class, and gender: all three intersect with each other, so it’s important for more education to be done about that.’ – Rachel Dolezal

‘My characters have never waged a war against any gender. They are all about friendship and being loyal to your friends.’ – Kartik Aaryan

‘When I do makeup, it’s performative. I don’t really wear makeup, but I use it as a tool to talk about gender and sexuality.’ – King Princess

‘I’m just playing songs for my friends and for people, and they’re just like, ‘Wow, this is powerful.’ I’m excited. It’s also important that, in the record, I move the focus a little bit away from me to more about the things that I think about, communities like drag, gender expression, and friendship-concepts that go beyond me.’ – King Princess

‘I wrote about ladies who had come through the studio. I get asked, ‘Is it a choice to gender the music or put pronouns in?’ and for me, it just wasn’t a choice.’ – King Princess

‘I think it’s so funny because straight people just don’t think about gender in their songs, or making a statement by talking about love.’ – King Princess

‘We owe it to the audience to put more characters onscreen that reflect them and that speak to issues of race and gender as well as to a character’s sexual preference.’ – Nina Jacobson

‘I’ve always been very vocal, but there have been moments where I’ve found it difficult to negotiate things that are about gender.’ – Ruth Wilson

‘You can live your dreams and wear dresses. You can live your dreams and kiss the one that you love no matter what gender they are.’ – Keiynan Lonsdale

‘I’m lucky enough to live in London, which is a boiling pot of every kind of language and background and demographic and sexuality and gender, and yet most of what we’re seeing in the cinema is not reflective of that.’ – Alex Lawther

‘The first thing that’s really important to understand, just when approaching the topic of transgender people, is that the sex you’re assigned with at birth is not the same as your gender identity.’ – Nicole Maines

‘Gender is something that occurs in the mind, and sex is something that occurs, you know, everywhere else on the body. And whether or not those two things happen to align – well, if they do, great. If they don’t, also great.’ – Nicole Maines

‘I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we’ve said it exists does not really exist in nature.’ – Nicole Maines

‘Gender is a spectrum, and that’s something that a lot of folks don’t understand.’ – Nicole Maines

‘It’s good to have a free space to laugh and cry and get angry about gender and sexuality. That’s one of the things I am the most thankful for from my friends and my family. They’ve given me the place to freely have gender be a part of our discourse.’ – Nicole Maines

‘I’ve crossed many cultural and gender barriers as a woman.’ – Tabu

‘Regardless of age, gender, or game experience, anyone can understand Wii.’ – Satoru Iwata

‘I tend to gravitate toward gender- and race-related stories.’ – Brooke Baldwin

‘I hate prejudice on any level. I don’t care if it’s somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their sexuality or their gender or financial status.’ – Charlamagne tha God

‘The gender question has always obsessed me.’ – Christine and the Queens

‘When you look at human rights, look at gender, and the rights of girls for education in the world – that are crucial issues – some are saying ‘Oh, these are western values.’ But these are really universal values.’ – Antonio Guterres

‘Gender equality has a transformative effect that is essential to fully functioning communities, societies, and economies.’ – Antonio Guterres

‘Negative gender stereotypes related to girls’ education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics begin as early as primary school and have the devastating effect of making them doubt their own potential.’ – Antonio Guterres

‘There are no grounds for discrimination in Europe, regardless of whether on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, or religion. On the other hand, there is equally no place for radical thought and political Islam.’ – Sebastian Kurz

‘Non-binary is a term used by some people, myself included, who feel that their gender identity falls outside the tradition boxes of man or woman.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘What I learned through my research is that the word ‘actor,’ specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about in the late 1500s as a non-gendered word. It applied to all people, regardless of anatomical sex or gender identity.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I have disregarded gender when deciding which part to audition for.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘Within my immediate creative community, I would say gender is something that I’ve always been interested in and always talked about.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘One of the best side effects about working on ‘Billions’ that I did not anticipate were the number of conversations I had about gender identity with my fellow actors and also members of the crew. From the person holding the boom to the person wiring my microphone, just how many conversations I had with so many open minds and hearts.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I absolutely think it is more acceptable for people who were assigned female at birth to dress in a typically gender non-conforming way. There was a time when people of all genders had long hair and anyone who wanted to wore jewelry – it was more a sign of status than a sign of femininity, per se.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I do say gender fluid, because I experience my gender identity as being fluid because it’s on a spectrum.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘Me feeling ambiguous about my gender identity has been a lifelong feeling, certainly.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘As someone who is non-binary gender identifying, I feel a particular responsibility to portray members of my community on stage and on screen, not only as fully fleshed-out characters who are integral to the plot, but as characters whose gender identity is just one of many parts that make up the whole person.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘There is still so much acceptance, representation and visibility needed for trans women of color and gender non-conforming people of color.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘We’ve been socialised and told that there is a way to describe people, and that way is by their gender or their sex.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I spent so many years not understanding my own gender identity, not having the language to talk about it, and not feeling safe in many environments to talk about it.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘When you see white, cisgendered, heterosexual men having conversations about gender identity where they go, ‘Oh, those are your pronouns? OK, great. Let’s get back to work,’ it allows other people to say, ‘Maybe if they can do it, I can do it.” – Asia Kate Dillon

‘A lot of brands are saying they’re going to make ‘gender neutral’ clothing. But clothing is gender neutral.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘I spent so many years not understanding my own gender identity and not having the language for it, and not having those conversations, that now I’m so eager to talk about it. Then I learn more about myself and other people.’ – Asia Kate Dillon

‘When I was five, long before I understood what the word ‘gender’ meant, I would always tell my mother that I wished I were a girl.’ – Josie Totah

‘We should release films without revealing the director’s name, as his or her gender would not be a barometer to watch those films.’ – Parvathy

‘Whether you’re a man or a woman – whatever your gender – if you’re doing a job, and you’re doing it well, you should be paid accordingly.’ – Stacey Dooley

‘Knowledge is gender neutral, and hence the 21st century offers a great opportunity to level the gender inequity of the last thousand years in India.’ – Subramanian Swamy

‘We are going to unite the people, rescue the family, respect religions and our Judeo-Christian tradition, combat gender ideology, conserving our values.’ – Jair Bolsonaro

‘We need to stop judging individuals based on their race, profession, gender, religion, or anything other than their own individual behavior and character.’ – Tulsi Gabbard

‘I am a very firm believer in the Aloha spirit – respect and love for everyone, irrespective of their religion, race, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.’ – Tulsi Gabbard

‘I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.’ – Huma Qureshi

‘While we teach our daughters about self defense, we should teach the sons about being respectful as well. A society cannot function properly if only one gender is rising. It has to be in tandem. It cannot be unequal. There has to be balance for upliftment.’ – Jennifer Winget

‘My family moved out of London’s East End to a tiny village. The school I went to was supposed to be mixed gender, but there were hardly any boys born that year. So, yes, joining a youth theatre was a fun way to meet the opposite sex!’ – Nicola Walker

‘In some instances, a gender imbalance is indeed a manifestation of sexism. In others, it is not.’ – Gad Saad

‘BJP is ready to go to any extent to protest for the rights of Ayyappa devotees. Beliefs should be respected. Man-woman equality is must, but gender equality cannot be established by giving entry to men and women together. There are several temples that deny men entry.’ – Amit Shah

‘I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation.’ – Matt Gaetz

‘I want for every child – regardless of their background, gender, caste, etc.’ – Hima Das

‘I would never want to be treated as a prop, to be looked on as an object just because of my gender.’ – Shweta Tripathi

‘I don’t need the new fan; I need the fan that has anxiety – parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems – I need them to come to the ultimate show, and they’re going to get that at Knotfest.’ – Shawn Crahan

‘When I was a prepubescent child, I never really had experiences of gender dysphoria. This is not something that started until adolescence.’ – ContraPoints

‘I do see the ministry of Human Resources Development through the prism of gender. I see it through the prism of capabilities.’ – Smriti Irani

‘Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?’ – Smriti Irani

‘Let me very proudly say that as a television actor, I never, ever saw any gender bias.’ – Smriti Irani

‘In politics, during my organisational roles, I have never seen gender bias within my organisation.’ – Smriti Irani

‘I never used gender as my crutch. Many women don’t use gender as a crutch.’ – Smriti Irani

‘There are racial and gender implications to how we think about what leadership looks like in the country.’ – Stacey Abrams

‘Gender doesn’t exist in my book.’ – Rain Dove

‘Gender is a shackle.’ – Rain Dove

‘I believe that if you want gender, then you can have it. If you want to label yourself, then sure. If you want to use history to describe who you are, then there is nothing wrong with that. But don’t limit me on the way that you limit yourself.’ – Rain Dove

‘A gender capitalist is someone who takes advantage of opportunities given to people based on their perceived sex or gender.’ – Rain Dove

‘When I’m a gender capitalist in the fashion world, I basically can go to any casting that I want to as long as somebody likes my face.’ – Rain Dove

‘The gender thing doesn’t exist; it’s a social construct you don’t have to fit into.’ – Rain Dove

‘Fortunately, unlike my teachers and classmates, my parents never forced gender roles or even a ended identity on me. I grew up on a farm, so all that mattered was working hard.’ – Rain Dove

‘I think that we’re starting to allow ourselves to imagine that gender doesn’t have to be binary, sexuality doesn’t have to be binary, and you are allowed to choose who you love, how you behave, and how you dress.’ – Sophie Rundle

‘I knew at a very early age, about 6 years old, that there was something different about me. But being young and not being exposed to people who had gender dysphoria, or role models that you see on TV today, I didn’t know what it was.’ – Zoey Tur

‘On May 6, 2013, I started hormone replacement therapy and began transitioning. I was very depressed, which is not uncommon for people with gender dysphoria. Two hours after my first estrogen injection, my depression went away for the first time in my life.’ – Zoey Tur

‘We cannot base our judgment on binaries such as a person’s gender.’ – Mahira Khan

‘What I’m trying to do in all senses is deconstruct our idea of gender and use the privileges that come with looking like a model to bring attention to that.’ – Hunter Schafer

‘I love performing and entertaining, but what I want to really share is a stronger voice to the people and empower women to show that women and girls can do anything. Don’t ever let your gender stop you from chasing dreams.’ – Lana

‘The beautiful thing about stand-up advice is that it applies to anybody, any gender, any race, any age. The best thing you can do – everybody will tell you – is get on stage as much as you can. I would add to that: get on stage as much as you can – with the people you admire.’ – Pete Holmes

‘The divisiveness that threatens the fabric of our nation – whether due to race, religion, political ideology, gender, sexual orientation, or other – must end.’ – Tulsi Gabbard

‘I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out.’ – Nicole Byer

‘Gender equality has long been at the forefront of my mind, and I think the Me Too movement has elevated many men’s consciousness, my own included, about how to be better allies.’ – Cory Booker

‘You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can’t choose: your parents, your gender and your president.’ – Ksenia Sobchak

‘Let’s stand together, stick together, and work together for justice of every description. Racial justice. Gender justice. Immigrant justice. Economic justice. Environmental justice.’ – Lori Lightfoot

‘Your influence and remuneration is directly proportionate to your film’s success. So in that sense, Bollywood is a level playing field. If you are delivering on certain parameters, regardless of your gender, you will get paid.’ – Kanika Dhillon

‘In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren’t the same gender.’ – Lulu Wang

‘As Minister for Women and Equalities, I introduced shared parental leave, extended flexible working rights and won government support to bring in gender pay gap reporting. I’m not going to lie: it was a constant battle.’ – Jo Swinson

‘Since signing up to Think Act Report, the majority of members are taking more action and publishing more information on gender equality.’ – Jo Swinson

‘Ailes built a Kingdom of Yes. That was his genius. He understood the id of many white conservatives – their sense of constant persecution and victimization; and their existential fears of an America whose racial makeup, sexual mores and gender roles were careening in the opposite direction of the country of their childhood.’ – Joy Reid

‘Any kind of gender expression is performance for me, regardless of where it is on the spectrum.’ – Zoe Quinn

‘It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.’ – Eric Reid

‘It’s about hard work and not gender.’ – Geeta Phogat

‘I’m of the opinion that gender is a social construct.’ – Grace Chatto

‘The problem in business isn’t that women are overlooked because they are women, it’s that most people subconsciously look to employ a mini-me. It’s not a gender issue, it’s about diversification full stop. It’s hard to change that mindset and it hits women particularly hard because men historically have always been the recruiters.’ – Steph McGovern

‘People who buy your product or use your service don’t care how tall or short you are, or what gender you are, or your age. It is irrelevant. That is not the basis on which your product is judged.’ – Deborah Meaden

‘I’m always asked about how women get on in the boardroom and my answer is always, ‘Never acknowledge that you are a woman. Your gender is not the point.” – Deborah Meaden

‘I’m not a woman in the ‘Den,’ I’m a Dragon, we’re all there to invest, it has nothing to do with gender.’ – Deborah Meaden

‘Business doesn’t cut you any slack because of your gender. You’re either good at what you do or you’re not.’ – Deborah Meaden

‘Just being gender non-conforming opens you to trouble from strangers. And violence.’ – Ezra Furman

‘I really don’t care about what anyone says unless they are also gender-nonconforming. Then I really listen. I love the solidarity felt between us gender failures.’ – Ezra Furman

‘These issues of gender equity and diversity have been ongoing conversations throughout the decades. I remember even when I was just starting in the business in the 1980s. It’s not just Hollywood’s problem. This is systemic. It’s in our country, so what happens in Hollywood is that everything’s just magnified because it’s out there in the public.’ – Gabrielle Carteris

‘I’m inspired by Prince on every level; the whole androgynous thing, the ambiguity in his gender and his foundation – it’s amazing. That’s the way I think about clothes, in relation to my personality and my life. It’s just an extension of who I am, like a song.’ – Vic Mensa

‘We want to say to everyone: New Jersey’s a place where gender does not play a role in how much you get paid.’ – Phil Murphy

‘If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and tolerance, compassion to others, understand that humans are territorial, aggressive and have gender aspects, then we can change things.’ – Sara Pascoe

‘A show that I loved as a kid was ‘Maid Marian And Her Merry Men’. It was a really strong female character making fun of the boys, an inversion of gender politics. But it was very funny, too. I always wanted to be one of the village people messing about in the mud and being stinky.’ – Sara Pascoe

‘Bodies have a sex, but gender is a thing we made up, like your star sign or nationality. It doesn’t really say anything about who you are. The destruction of gender binary would free everybody.’ – Sara Pascoe

‘I don’t think that humankind is worthy of trust when we can’t let go of war, draw borders between neighboring countries, seek to become richer than others, find joy in defeating others at sports, and choose someone of the opposite gender based on their appearance.’ – Yoko Taro

‘Every hard working New Yorker, regardless of their income, race, or gender deserves an equal shot at attaining retirement security.’ – Letitia James

‘Since Gamergate, many women I know are reluctant to speak publicly on gender issues, because they fear – rightly – that they will be targeted and harassed.’ – Brianna Wu

‘If we don’t think that men and boys are part of the solution in this battle for gender equality for the balance between who we are as humans, we’re undermining their minds and their spirits. They need to be part of the equation.’ – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

‘I don’t see things in terms of gender.’ – Martha MacCallum

‘I’ve never played on my gender.’ – Susie Wolff

‘You need to get female talent which is good enough to compete at the right level because no team is going to compromise on on-track performance just to tick a gender box.’ – Susie Wolff

‘I think we all, as drivers, come to the table with a package. It’s either your speed and raw talent, your sponsorship money, your nationality. For me, one of my unique selling points is my gender, without a doubt.’ – Susie Wolff

‘To make it in Formula 1, which is the absolute pinnacle, is incredibly tough no matter what your gender.’ – Susie Wolff

‘For me, the banner that I want to wave in terms of giving a jump start to writers of any gender is just to make female protagonists as complex as their male counterparts.’ – Zawe Ashton

‘I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I always make sure that my female character is not decorative, they are human, they are good, bad, complex and close to reality.’ – Sriram Raghavan

‘My idea is to write a story where every character is well etched out, irrespective of their gender. Because they all are human beings and stories are on the situation and human mind.’ – Sriram Raghavan

‘We work together as a team. And between us and between the crew and our teams on the ground, we don’t look at gender, and we don’t see it as a barrier.’ – Christina Koch

‘Using food as a way of understanding empire is highly effective. Food knows no barriers of race, gender or even time.’ – Kwasi Kwarteng

‘As Canadians who proudly demand the equal treatment of minorities, religious freedom, gender equality and basic human rights for its citizens – allowing our political leaders to shamefully ignore these values in the name of business abroad, falls short of the high standard we rightfully set for ourselves.’ – Jagmeet Singh

‘Women care about a wide range of issues – climate change, social justice. What the Green Party tries to do is apply gender analysis to a whole lot of questions that people might not think of as women’s issues. For instance, women in developing countries are the most vulnerable to climate crisis.’ – Elizabeth May

‘If ever there was a character that was never defined by gender, it’s the Doctor. The Doctor is gender fluid in that sense.’ – Chris Chibnall

‘I never get to forget who I am, my gender identity.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘If I want someone to recognize the gender identity I feel, I’d have to ask for that. I can’t assume people will know how I’d like to be treated on their own.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘I’m totally fine with myself. It’s the other people I run into out there who are so hung up on gender. The way it trips them up is their problem, not mine.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘There were definitely songs in the past that were me dealing with living this gender dysphoria, and sometimes they were really direct and no one picked up on it – but oftentimes, they were more veiled in metaphor.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘I have gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia. I don’t like to see pictures of myself.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘My whole identity is not gender. My whole identity is not talking about gender. There are so many other things in my life that are fulfilling that I like to think about too.’ – Laura Jane Grace

‘A good song always has to do with the person representing it – how they’re feeling in that moment – but I think my songs don’t need to be exclusive in terms of gender or race or that kind of thing.’ – Jade Bird

‘There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact, Israel’s Declaration of Independence grants all Israel’s inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion, race or gender.’ – Lee Zeldin

‘Whether I realize it or not, I have benefitted from my skin color and my gender – and those of a different gender or sexuality or skin color have suffered because of it.’ – Max Boot

‘Fifty one per cent of ‘Time Team’ viewers are not of my gender. And that surprised me, because I thought it’d be at least 60 per cent male.’ – Tony Robinson

‘If you are educated in English-medium schools, you get a better view of the world, develop more liberal values, have more gender sensitivity and become more forward looking. But you pay a price because you don’t know your own language.’ – Javed Akhtar

‘The only fight worth fighting is to give all children equal opportunities regardless of race or gender, to judge individuals on their qualities and not their backgrounds. The victory won’t come when nobody feels able to voice racist abuse, but when nobody thinks of doing so in the first place.’ – John Barnes

‘I’m a drag artist, and we put so much effort into creating characters, so the easiest way to show us respect is to call us by the name we gave ourselves and refer to the gender we have chosen to be on stage.’ – Conchita Wurst

‘You have to be respectful. Don’t ask for respect if you are not respectful. It’s not depending on your sexuality, your gender or the colour of your skin. It should be in the focus to live a respectful life.’ – Conchita Wurst

‘I am attracted to people irrespective of their gender.’ – Courtney Act

‘I sort of throw away the definitions of gender – that boys are ‘supposed’ to wear blue and girls are ‘supposed’ to wear pink – and those gender roles and gender presentations. I do it on my own terms rather than based on what other people say I should do.’ – Courtney Act

‘Obviously drag has different intentions and my drag has always been about gender illusion.’ – Courtney Act

‘People who cling rigidly to gender binaries are more than welcome to. But for a lot of young people, we’re seeing that our gender roles don’t have to be dictated by a set of rules made by society. We can do whatever feels natural to us.’ – Courtney Act

‘While dressing up as Courtney is a performance, there is a part of me that is expressing my gender in feminine and masculine ways.’ – Courtney Act

‘Caitlyn Jenner, for all of her flaws, did start a conversation around the world about gender.’ – Courtney Act

‘I’m no Joan of Arc, but it’s pretty revolutionary having a gender illusionist selling the illusion of beauty to females.’ – Courtney Act

‘Gender roles are absurd when you actually look at them. The fact that anybody could ever say or think that dressing in women’s clothes is wrong, or odd. Women dressing in women’s clothes and men dressing in men’s clothes is the actually the thing that is really odd.’ – Courtney Act

‘Being trans means different things to different people. Some people don’t take hormones, some people don’t have surgery, some people are just happy living in the clothes of their chosen gender.’ – Courtney Act

‘I know when there’s lots of stuff racing around in my head it can be hard to sleep and stay asleep. And one of the biggest things that used to keep me awake at night was worrying about my gender and sexuality.’ – Courtney Act

‘Let’s have a People’s Vote to safeguard gender equality and continue the drive towards a fairer world for us all.’ – Konnie Huq

‘We’re a comedy site and have made fun of every single race, religion, creed and gender. We’ve made fun of it equally.’ – Dave Portnoy

‘Race and gender quotas, whether in publishing, the media, or scientific research labs, are becoming more extreme and more ineluctable.’ – Heather Mac Donald

‘A core plank of left-wing academic thought is that gender and race are ‘socially constructed.” – Heather Mac Donald

‘The inevitable campaign for ‘gender balance’ in Silicon Valley will also be indifferent to the fact that females are fast surpassing males in other sectors of the U.S. economy.’ – Heather Mac Donald

‘I prefer to be gender fluid or non-gendered and I dress in drag almost every day of my life even if I’m not in my full Jinkx Monsoon persona – I’m the kind of person who does not dress like my assigned gender and I wear makeup every day and sometimes wear wigs as a boy.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘I am only really attracted to people who are very open-minded and embrace and celebrate people who live outside the gender norm.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘We should not be assuming anything for anyone else’s gender, because gender is defined by the individual.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘When I’m doing an exaggerated character, I hope it’s clear I don’t think this is how women do, or should, act. There’s aspects of Looney Tunes in drag. But there’s something poignant about a man dressed as a woman, talking about gender. It can make you realize how similar the genders really are.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘Drag has come a long way and people are respecting it, and giving drag queens and other people who defy gender norms more chances than they’ve ever been given before, but it’s thanks to people like RuPaul, especially, who set that momentum going.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘Coming out as nonbinary was a response to a lot of criticism I got when it leaked that I’d be playing a nonbinary character on ‘Steven Universe.’ I never really had the words like nonbinary or gender fluid or gender nonconforming until after ‘Drag Race’ and that’s when I first started identifying publicly as nonbinary.’ – Jinkx Monsoon

‘Love is so much more than gender: You fall in love with a person.’ – Lights

‘In the entertainment industry women are often judged. They judge bigger women, they judge black women, and older women too. We just don’t do that in drag. Drag is open to everyone, regardless of gender, body shape or age.’ – Sharon Needles

‘In my early 20s, I set out to kind of find myself. At that time, if you were different or if you ever questioned your gender identity or sexual orientation, society kind of put you in the gay club.’ – Carmen Carrera

‘Your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality.’ – Carmen Carrera

‘I think the biggest thing I can say to that is every female is different. Not that every man isn’t, but speaking on behalf on my gender, I think women can watch sports exactly like men, and others watch it exactly the opposite way.’ – Jessica Mendoza

‘As an Olympic athlete, especially a female Olympic athletic, social media’s such an amazing place, people are so positive, all these young girls. Anything negative is such a small space, people aren’t coming at you for their gender.’ – Jessica Mendoza

‘Doubt is what I see with a lot of women, we doubt ourselves. Whether it’s because we think we’re too fat or ugly or not smart enough, our gender puts ourselves down. But we need to own exactly who we are.’ – Jessica Mendoza

‘I’ve never done gender politics – I think our vote is too important to give away on any single issue.’ – Jane O’Meara Sanders

‘What we want is that one day every workplace will be diverse – we already encourage that with gender and ethnicity, but the next frontier is neurodiversity and it will become ordinary. People won’t think twice about it.’ – Simon Baron-Cohen

‘The last reason I want to be hired is because of my gender. I want to be hired because you trust me, because of my potential, because you believe that I know basketball, and we go and we build from there.’ – Becky Hammon

‘I want racial and gender equality.’ – Gail Kim

‘They are allowing young kids in primary school to be able to have the permission to change their gender if they want by taking away the permission of the parents. They are trying to take control, as a government, to make those decisions for young kids who are basically 16 years old, or young.’ – Israel Folau

‘What’s great about being gay is that you can celebrate all types of sexualities, because we understand that being queer means you might also be gender nonconforming or bi or whatever.’ – Olly Alexander

‘The majority of the film industry is, like, obsessed with a ridiculous gender binary and keeping with this stupid social binary. Like, who cares?’ – Olly Alexander

‘In pursuing the cherished goal of gender justice, to mention one example, the Supreme Court of India has always been proactive and progressive.’ – Ram Nath Kovind

”Hanna’ has grown up in wilderness. It highlights humanness and animal-ness in humans. She has an interesting take on gender and love.’ – Esme Creed-Miles

‘I definitely struggle with a disillusionment towards my body and my gender.’ – Esme Creed-Miles

‘I believe in assigned sex but not necessarily gender. Gender is a learned construct that is detrimental to both sexes.’ – Esme Creed-Miles

‘You have your assigned sex but gender is more of a construct and I think one that is incredibly disillusioning and I think when we buy into those constructs then we start to maybe, unbeknownst to ourselves, cause real damage to our psyches.’ – Esme Creed-Miles

‘I think growing up, the assimilation of most cultural conventions typically encouraged by a heightened awareness of gender and sex encourages a sort of separation of the self. What’s so special about ‘Hanna’ is that her upbringing has negated this indoctrination; she’s almost absolved of the pressures of gender or gender itself.’ – Esme Creed-Miles

‘I can’t tell you the number of times I have been underestimated, objectified or deprived of fair credit for my accomplishments based on my gender or ethnicity.’ – Eve Torres

‘As a socially conscious person, I have my views on matters like gender inequality and progressive movements. But being a mother, children’s issues have affected me a lot.’ – Navya Nair

‘Workplace harassment and gender discrimination exist in all spheres, not just films. I have been lucky enough not to face it, but I don’t deny its existence.’ – Navya Nair

‘I don’t think bullying is gender or age-related or dependent on what section of society you are coming from.’ – Ananya Panday

‘I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.’ – Liz Truss

‘I was never afraid to try female products. I didn’t believe in those gender identities as it related to products.’ – Saint Jhn

‘I am a black American, I say, and thus announce my atavistic connection to all others who live as black Americans, to all who ever lived as black Americans. Religion, caste, class, gender and race can all be atavisms, and they are inherently anti-democratic because they exclude all outside the atavism.’ – Shelby Steele

‘Top Gear’ is for the whole family, regardless of gender, sitting down together to enjoy some slightly silly escapism.’ – Chris Harris

‘We called our research ‘Getting to Equal – How Digital is Helping to Close the Gender Gap at Work.’ And at its heart we found that when men and women have the same level of digital fluency, women are better at using their digital skills to gain more education and find work.’ – Julie Sweet

‘Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes – for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of a woman serves neither men nor women nor any other gender – instead, it comes from the same strong patriarchal framework that we need to confront and reject.’ – Rohini Nilekani

‘In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history by participating in the first male-on-female vice presidential debate against George H. W. Bush. What should have been a groundbreaking moment for gender equality in politics became a forum for old gender expectations.’ – Kayleigh McEnany

‘History suggests that opposite gender debates, unfortunately, are accompanied by a host of expectations. Each candidate must tread carefully or risk running afoul of the gender stereotype they are subconsciously expected to conform to.’ – Kayleigh McEnany

‘Identitarianism assumes that people are condemned to identify with the positive (ethnic/ gender/ nationalistic) predicates they possess, as if their subjectivity were exhausted by those properties. Exactly the opposite is the case: the authentic dimension of subjectivity consists not in any positive identity but in that which makes identifications.’ – Mark Fisher

‘I thought having to explain the risibility of gender codes would be mostly behind us by now.’ – Zoe Buckman

‘I truly believe that love is love and gender is immaterial.’ – Sarah Lancashire

‘Gender perception can be a pernicious thing: Where a lack of warmth passes in a male, in a woman, it’s deadly.’ – Maria Konnikova

‘It’s not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender – and what is and is not important in gender roles – would carry over from life to fiction.’ – Maria Konnikova

‘Men need to change their mentality. Talent has nothing to do with gender. If you’re making a good film, you should always support that.’ – Ankita Lokhande

‘I’ve seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn’t want to go back into combat with. It really doesn’t have anything to do with gender.’ – MJ Hegar

‘I think I’m a humanist. I believe all humans should have equal rights to live, express, flourish, love and dissent, irrespective of their gender, caste, class, socio-economic strata, disabilities, political stance, religion or faith.’ – Sayani Gupta

‘I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.’ – Toyah Willcox

‘Regardless of your religious belief, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, there is no place in our communities for hate.’ – Jacky Rosen

‘The gender disparity in STEM is depriving our country of talented minds that could be inventing the next breakthrough technology, founding the next big startup or keeping our nation safe from cyberattacks.’ – Jacky Rosen

‘Aside from introducing and supporting legislation to help close the gender gap in STEM, I believe that shining the spotlight on female role models is one of the best ways we can break the gender stereotype.’ – Jacky Rosen

‘Addressing climate change globally promotes health, education and gender equality. Addressing it domestically secures U.K. jobs and sustainable clean economic growth; it protects communities from flooding and the scandal of fuel poverty. It begins to see clean air flow in our cities and schools.’ – Barry Gardiner

‘You’re brought up not to hit girls, that it’s the worst sin, and that’s what I do. But you know, gender is the last thing I think about when I’m fighting. It’s the one situation where I don’t think of gender at all.’ – Fallon Fox

‘To all musicians – forget gender – to all musicians, it’s about – do what makes you happy. Just go for it, you know?’ – Charlotte Caffey

‘Be kind to yourself and take the time you need to define your gender and sexuality in a way that feels safe and right for you.’ – Tommy Dorfman

‘I love when an outfit embodies the fluidity of my gender – it makes me feel the most confident and grounded, especially when attending fashion shows, which can be extremely overwhelming.’ – Tommy Dorfman

‘Few politicians did much to move the needle toward anything resembling gender equality, but it was President Nixon who first threw women under the political bus of Movement Conservatism.’ – Heather Cox Richardson

‘Countries with short workweeks consistently top gender’ equality rankings. The central issue is achieving a more equitable distribution of work.’ – Rutger Bregman

‘It’s all too common that when we talk about diversity and inclusion, and gender equity in the workplace, it translates to just white women.’ – Meena Harris

‘This is the whole point of intersectionality – that it cannot only be a single-issue analysis of race and gender, and instead must consider the cumulative impact of various and simultaneous identities that compound the effects of discrimination.’ – Meena Harris

‘I want the men of our nation to stand and take a stand against gender based violence.’ – Zozibini Tunzi

‘I don’t want folks with pre-existing medical conditions – like asthma and diabetes – to be denied health care. I sure don’t want to see our grandparents paying more for prescription drugs and women paying more just because of their gender.’ – Andy Beshear

‘Are Labour members inherently bigoted against women, unable to objectively assess political attributes beyond the gender prism? This accusation seems particularly ludicrous when levelled at a party so much in thrall to identity politics that it sometimes feels more like a student union than an organisation set up to defend the working class.’ – Claire Fox

‘For us, gender didn’t come up. We were friends who happened to play together. We never said, ‘Gee, we’re an all-girl band!” – Gina Schock

‘We are now welcoming a world where fashion is not bogged down by binary gender norms. The trend is moving beyond symbolizing its wearers’ identity or gender. It’s now being accepted by the mainstream as more of a look, both on the catwalk and the high street.’ – Masaba Gupta

‘At the end of the day, the real goal of fashion is to create clothes that make you feel as comfortable as possible, inside and out – no matter what your gender.’ – Masaba Gupta

‘Leaders talk about gender equality but it is not seen during selection of candidates. They will talk about winnability and a woman candidate seldom fulfils the criteria unless she is from a political family.’ – Nagma

‘We’re still stuck in male, female, feminism. I don’t believe in, you know… I believe in gender equality.’ – Saba Qamar

‘Some people think that gender equality is the biggest issue on the table, and to me, that’s a privilege to even think that that’s the biggest issue, because I am subject to much more inequality.’ – Wunmi Mosaku

‘Gender inequality is a global issue that affects everyone.’ – Wunmi Mosaku

‘Look what I know about directing; is it goes beyond gender. You might see some qualities that are inherently female in the great male directors.’ – Niki Caro

‘One may fall in love anytime and with anyone. One does not decide that based on caste, religion or gender.’ – Dutee Chand

‘As a woman of color, I’ve come to rely on straight white men telling me my experience of the world has nothing to do with my gender, race or class. (Unless something good happens to me, in which case they tell me my gender, race and/or class is exactly why that thing happened).’ – Sarah Cooper

‘Democrats believe in a New South because no matter your race, immigration status, income, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, we all have the same aspirations for high-quality education, jobs, neighborhoods, health care, and retirement.’ – Jaime Harrison

‘Decision by decision, Justice Ginsburg reaffirmed the ideals of our Constitution and our shared values of fairness, equality, and opportunity. Her judicial opinions on voting rights, gender discrimination, and same-sex marriage made this country stronger and will continue to ring out through the ages.’ – Mikie Sherrill

‘If we want to make the most of half of our workforce, if we want to eliminate the gender pay gap and we want that same half of the workforce to succeed in jobs that boost our economy, we must make sure that teenage girls don’t feel, and are certainly not told, that certain subjects are the preserve of men.’ – Nicky Morgan

‘I firmly believe that my dual roles as secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities are closely linked. Never is this more apparent than when tackling the gender pay gap.’ – Nicky Morgan

‘The risk of reputational damage, causing good female talent to decline to work for a firm based on its disclosure, is the strongest reason for firms to address their gender pay gap.’ – Nicky Morgan

‘Shining a light on issues like the gender pay gap and whether firms are imposing and meeting targets is how diversity gets pushed up the priority lists of boards. Greater transparency allows for more effective scrutiny.’ – Nicky Morgan

‘Gender rules were made to be broken, especially if you have been told throughout history that you’re ‘less than.” – Ananya Birla

‘The world belongs to those who want to make a difference, and gender is no barrier.’ – Ananya Birla

‘Going back as far as I do covering men’s college basketball, the objections to me being an analyst never came from inside the game. The players and coaches have always showed me the utmost respect and quite frankly my gender has never felt like an issue inside the game.’ – Doris Burke

‘I’ve said this quite often, there was a certain stretch in my career where my gender held me back.’ – Doris Burke

‘For men’s college coaches through to the NBA, I think basketball people are basketball people. When you start talking the game, gender has gone out the window, and they just talk basketball with you.’ – Doris Burke

‘I’m not naive to the fact that my gender has at times helped me. Employers are now thinking, ‘Let’s get perspectives that are different than the ones we have.” – Doris Burke

‘I feel like one of the most successful heroines in science-fiction cinema is Sigourney Weaver in ‘Aliens’ – I love her, and as a guy, no part of my brain thinks of her gender.’ – Gareth Edwards

‘I am not an expert on that whole issue of gender.’ – Ruth Westheimer

‘We’ve always been more gender neutral than any other sport.’ – Brian France

‘I’ve always been interested in how things change, in social change. I was involved in the animal rights movement as a young woman, I’ve been involved in thinking about gender and issues around racism and so on.’ – Gail Bradbrook

‘You can be any gender you choose on any given day.’ – Trisha Paytas

‘This whole thing with Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas happened during my first year of college. It was a cross-section of race and politics and gender that I feel is still going on today.’ – Rick Famuyiwa

‘We’ll always be re-examining how we relate to each other in terms of race and gender, in terms of power and access.’ – Rick Famuyiwa

‘Money has no religion. Money does not belong to any class or creed. Neither it belongs to a gender nor an age. Money decides fate. Money also decides status. Money buys you food and money buys a basic necessity like water too.’ – Shweta Basu Prasad

‘It gets frustrating when my male counterparts are questioned about their game or performance, whereas I am fielding questions on gender stereotypes and my ability to stay committed to the game on account of my gender.’ – Smriti Mandhana

‘The narrative in 2020 must speak about gender equality which will only come from empowering the women who’ve been given the short end of the stick for far too long.’ – Richa Chadha

‘I think our whole family just never limited ourselves to what anybody expected of us based on our gender. I never grew up that way.’ – Jessi Combs

‘There’s a gender gap throughout television and it’s very pronounced in morning TV since these shows are mostly meant for women.’ – Brian Stelter

‘We need to make sure we’re bringing in diverse voices and not expecting everyone to be a representation of their ethnicity or their age or their gender, but judge them individually and make sure that we’re figuring out who the person is and not just checking a box.’ – Megan Ganz

‘If there is a woman filmmaker or a woman artist, the issue of gender is floating very close to their work… It almost naturally comes into their work. If one looks at all the male artists, the issue is never there.’ – Rahul Roy

‘My father was a rare poet. He was somebody who worked in the trenches. When he wanted to speak about social justice or gender empowerment, he spoke through his poetry.’ – Shabana Azmi

‘Women’s health is not a niche issue – it impacts everyone in some way. That is why a collective effort to improve awareness and understanding of menstrual hygiene is key to closing the gender health gap.’ – Shabana Azmi

‘In an age of political correctness, even the most apparent gender assertions are dismissed as ignorance.’ – Sean Evans

‘Gender equality does not exist anywhere.’ – Desi Lydic

‘I have been vocal about various social causes in India and has actively taken up matters of gender equality, cruelty against animals, discrimination towards COVID-19 warriors, etc to the Parliament.’ – Mimi Chakraborty

‘It is not easy to be a filmmaker but it has nothing to do with my gender.’ – Divya Khosla Kumar

‘Initially it was very male dominated and there were hardly any women director but now women have entered everywhere and they are making their mark. I think its more to do with talent than differentiating on gender.’ – Divya Khosla Kumar

‘I think the football world needs to wake up and recognize that women, while the game is played by a different gender, it is exactly the same sport and the qualities involved with having to manage that is exactly the same then it would be for a men’s team.’ – Emma Hayes

‘I mean, I always just ignored the glass ceilings and didn’t let gender get in my own way, which I think was very important to how people perceived me.’ – Kari Skogland

‘As a female, you’re always terrified that if you blow it, you’ve blown it for your whole gender.’ – Kari Skogland

‘To me, it feels like every time I’m watching some trans story, it’s about their grief around their gender. And there’s not really a lot of opportunity for them to explore stories outside of that. It’s just really frustrating. It’s really one dimensional.’ – Patti Harrison

‘Producers now look at the talent and if they believe that the director has the potential, they are willing to shell out the money irrespective of the gender.’ – Aishwarya R. Dhanush

‘We don’t live in a primitive society any more. Many of us are lucky enough to be educated. We also realize that gender and sexuality is a spectrum.’ – Konkona Sen Sharma

‘I’m pretty sure Magic Mike’ is the best funded gender studies thesis ever so I’m going to have to see that.’ – Leigh Bardugo

‘Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there’s more permission to shake up gender roles in genre.’ – Leigh Bardugo

‘I mean, we all carry some form of that bias, right? I mean, it might be based on age, it might be based on gender, it might be based on sexuality, and it’s certainly based on race.’ – Maya Wiley

‘I think figuring out how to do the best job you can, because frankly, no matter what gender you are – in television news – you’re all measured by the same thing: which is the news you make or break, and the ratings you are able to deliver. But, how the audience hears you – or how the interviewer does – is also interesting.’ – Margaret Brennan

‘Sexism is where there is discrimination clearly based on gender.’ – Margaret Hoover

‘There’s no problem with a woman being president of the United States if you take her gender as a sole issue. Gender shouldn’t matter.’ – Margaret Hoover

‘I admire actors such as Laura Linney, Cate Blanchett and Andrea Riseborough, who take risks and fight to not be defined by their gender.’ – Phoebe Fox

‘We can let the east coast have their ivory towers. We can let the west coast have a generation of gender studies majors. We will take more jobs and higher pay!’ – Tate Reeves