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Unlike my mother, unlike every woman I knew, my aunt was educated. Her mind was an immense feral country that spilled its borders. She trespassed everywhere.
“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.”
― Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
― Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
“Come, love, make me better than I was. Come teach me a kinder way to say my own name”
― Lord of the Butterflies
― Lord of the Butterflies
“Being self-reflective and open to transformation is something we should celebrate, not fear.”
― Beyond the Gender Binary
― Beyond the Gender Binary
“You can only share your soul with whoever welcomes you.”
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“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.”
― Lord of the Butterflies
― Lord of the Butterflies
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