According to several recent surveys, 50 percent of millennials believe that gender exists on a spectrum and 12 percent of millennials identify as transgender or gender non-conforming. That means that at any given moment, it’s quite likely there are individuals riding the New York City subway who don’t identify as women or men, so shouldn’t the MTA use terminology that applies to everyone no matter how they see themselves or present themselves in the world?

"Sandeep has a remarkable commitment to the poor and to issues of social justice," Good said. "It's difficult to find physicians anywhere in the world like that. But he also has a commitment to spend the time and go hang out with the poor. To hang out with the waria."

It's been my experience that when I call out cis women — and I don't mean call out in a negative way, because I don't think it's inherently negative to be called out – but in holding cis women accountable, the backlash has been, oh, well I've been oppressed in X, Y, Z way my entire life, there's no way I'm oppressing you. And that's not actually how we grow collectively or grow as a movement. I think it's about cis women within the movement actually holding themselves accountable, just as they would want anyone else to be held accountable to them.

"People who have access to resources, have access to social capital, access to finances, their role in the movement is to leverage their access so that the people who are supposed to be telling these stories... who are actually living these lives, [their] voices can be elevated."

"Locals say there is a muxe in every Juchitan family. They are widely accepted despite an ingrained Roman Catholic heritage and known for dedication to family, especially for taking care of mothers as other siblings move out."