“„Menschen so zu bezeichnen, wie sie bezeichnet werden wollen, ist keine Frage von Höflichkeit, auch kein Symbol politischer Korrektheit oder einer progressiven Haltung – es ist einfach eine Frage des menschlichen Anstands.”
― Sprache und Sein
― Sprache und Sein
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“in the dark, none of us have names and no one is sacred”
― This Wound Is a World
― This Wound Is a World
“Motherlands are castles made of glass. In order to leave them, you have to break something – a wall, a social convention, a cultural norm, a psychological barrier, a heart. What you have broken will haunt you. To be an emigré, therefore, means to forever bear shards of glass in your pockets. It is easy to forget they are there, light and minuscule as they are, and go on with your life, your little ambitions and important plans, but at the slightest contact the shards will remind you of their presence. They will cut you deep.”
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
“The best way to eliminate a group is to demonize them, such that their disappearance is seen as an act of justice, not discrimination.”
― Beyond the Gender Binary
― Beyond the Gender Binary
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