I tell people that I’ve never been hurt by an honest question, and that’s true: it’s a cruel opinion that… — Kate Bornstein

“Gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.”

Any power-over position forwards a culture that oppresses the transgendered. We should look for positions that allow us to bring out the power we have within us, and to acknowledge the power of others.

Standing with freaks never hurt anyone - it’s when we agree that we deserve the oppression and the ridicule that accompanies the freak’s position in the culture - that’s when the wound is mortal.