There's not just one trans story. There's not just one trans experience.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.

There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence.

The French have the right respect for dogs--in France we chiens get to go to lunch and dinner anytime, anywhere.

It's easier to start over than to work to make something last.

I walked up the stairs and hesitated at the open door.

The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.

We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.

Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.

The Gita is not an aphoristic work, it is a great religious poem.

Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.

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