There is no such thing as unforgivable between people who love each other. But even as I’m thinking it, I know it’s not really true.
“Trans people: Always mesmerized, held, fascinated, and ultimately defeated by reflective surfaces. What's that, you say? A mirror of some kind? Hold it up to me so I might gaze at it with longing and dissatisfaction.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“A few years later, with a transition slightly less bed-centered, I might have described that feeling instead as this: after a number of years of being vaguely troubled by an inconsistent, inexplicable sense of homesickness, I woke up one morning and remembered my home address, having forgotten even that I forgot it in the first place, then grown fearful and weary at the prospect of trying to get back.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“Kids, Daddy used to have the greatest rack in the tristate area.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“I often described my sudden shift in self-awareness as feeling as if a demon had entered my room in the middle of the night, startled me awake by whispering, "What if you were a man, sort of?" into my ear, then slithered out the window before I could ask any follow-up questions.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“Transition had not always been true of me, but I found that the more place I allowed it in my life, the further back it cast its roots. Whether or not the birthright had been mine to begin with or ever intended for me, I found the burden easy and the yoke light.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
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