Elisa

“It’s true what they say about the gays being so fashionable— our ghosts never go out of style, even life is like funeral practice: half of us already dead to our families before we die, half of us still on our knees trying to crawl into the family photo.”
― Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies

“This is what happens when fear becomes stronger than need: The body becomes its own closet.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

“You can only share your soul with whoever welcomes you.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“But no one can deny that rigid gender education begins early on in life—from pink and blue color-coding of infant outfits to genderlabeling toys and games. And those who overstep these arbitrary borders are punished. Severely. When the steel handcuffs tighten, it is human bones that crack.”
― Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue