"I posed myself the following scenario: Why is it that a transsexual woman can't represent a religious icon given life by so many other actors and actresses throughout history? To not do it would be akin to internalizing the same discriminatory principles that people want to throw against us" -- Spanish trans rights activist Carla Antonelli, quoted in an article about a controversial calendar using trans models to portray the Virgin Mary, 2009-10-17 (which I found by way of a post at Questioning Transphobia)