CeCe McDonald Born : 1989 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by CeCe McDonald We are all stronger, smarter, talented, beautiful, and more resilient than we were told. CeCe McDonald resilient stronger beautiful Trans women are getting killed EVERYDAY & you think the struggle is over because you can put a ring on a finger?! CeCe McDonald everyday struggle thinking They wanted to force me to be someone that I wasn't. They wanted me to delegitimize myself as a trans woman and I was not taking that. As a proud black trans woman, I was not going to allow the system to delegitimize, hyper-sexualize and take my identity away from me. CeCe McDonald black proud identity I would have rather been punished for asserting myself than become another victim of hatred. CeCe McDonald victim hatred I've faced worse things in my life than prison CeCe McDonald prison