“I wasn't cute or passive enough to be "femme," and I wasn't mean or tough enough to be "butch." I was given a wide berth. Non-conventional people can be dangerous, even in the gay community.”
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
“The body as home, but only if it is understood that bodies are never singular, but rather haunted, strengthened, underscored by countless other bodies.”
― Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
― Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
“Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different that I had to stretch and grow in order to recognize her. And in that growing, we came to separation, that place where work begins.”
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
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