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“I remembered what it was like to walk a gauntlet of strangers who stare—their eyes angry, confused, intrigued. Woman or man: they are outraged that I confuse them. The punishment will follow. The only recognition I can find in their eyes is that I am “other.” I am different. I will always be different. I will never be able to nestle my skin against the comfort of sameness.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“Tell me, just this once, if you still think of me. And let me recklessly, tenderly, tell you one more time: I love you.”
― Notes of a Crocodile
― Notes of a Crocodile
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“Who was I now—woman or man? That question could never be answered as long as those were the only choices; it could never be answered if it had to be asked.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“But very quickly I discovered that passing didn't just mean slipping below the surface, it meant being buried alive. I was still me on the inside, trapped in there with all my wounds and fears. But I was no longer me on the outside.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
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