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

“Where is the great social movement in the streets that will help support and strengthen our demand for trans liberation? Will we see it in our lifetime? No crystal ball exists to predict mass awakening. But laws of motion and development do exist: Repression breeds resistance. That's the lesson of Stonewall.
And remember what Sylvia Rivera said about that rebellion? 'I always believed that we would have a fight back. I just didn't know it would be that night.”
― Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue

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

“I often think we're really seeking one main thing: people whose eyes, when they see us, light up with delight.”
― Allyson Dinneen, Notes From Your Therapist