I tell people that I’ve never been hurt by an honest question, and that’s true: it’s a cruel opinion that hurts, not a question. - Kate Bornstein

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

If we don't show ourselves the same amount of compassion we show others, we'll eventually come to resent the compassion we have for others. I think there's little enough compassion in the world right now, so we need to grow our own to compensate for that.

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.