Often people detransition because life as a trans person is very difficult. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
No group of people who share a political identity march in lockstep. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with this book 'Independent People,' by Halldor Laxness. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
People are going to make mistakes no matter what because that's what being human is. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I think I'm okay at talking about trans issues. I'm okay at it. But I think I'm good at fiction. And I'm… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
People who are just rabid in their bigotry can't actually hurt me because they're so obviously deranged that they marginalise themselves. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Most people I know who have detransitioned have a kind of regret in that they tried something and it didn't work and… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
People don't care about facts anyway; in my country, we have 'alternative facts.' But if you can make somebody feel something -… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The expectation that trans people must go away to medically transition strikes me as a burden. People have to work, to live… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Money is a thing that is very, very difficult for people to talk about, especially with transness. Who can afford surgeries? Who… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
At the time that 'Detransition, Baby' came out, I was really resistant to having anybody say that I was representing trans women.… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I love my friends. I think they're wonderful people, but I'm still constantly baffled by the choices that they make. I'm sure… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
If you read a book by a cis woman, there's a full range of people doing things for all sorts of different… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Our genders are in negotiation with other people. I'm like, 'I want to be seen this way, and so I'm going to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
When you think about fascism and right-wing governments, oftentimes people think about European history, but it's been flaring up on and off… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people. Because: 'What if you had control of your body and you… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
When I say that I'm trans, what I'm essentially saying is that I'm standing in solidarity. I feel an affinity with other… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
There are times when I think that trans women have a certain wisdom on gender, and can see the ways it's performed… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Things like debates over which bathrooms trans people use; it is incredibly undignified to have to stage your Human Rights Campaign about… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Cis women want to know what trans women know. And they don't want the dumbed-down version of it - the same way… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The premise of any discussion I have is not to debate my humanity. I refuse to engage on that level. It makes for a… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
People don't care about facts anyway; in my country, we have 'alternative facts.' But if you can make somebody feel something - and oftentimes… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people. Because: 'What if you had control of your body and you got to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes. This distresses many of my female, queer, and trans friends: Torrey, you have every woman… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
At certain moments in my life, I have stumbled upon a beauty so extreme, I have stepped back in alarm. There are some people… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
It's not just unexpected for other people. It's very unexpected for myself. But I think that's like a really good place to write from,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
When I'm open to beauty's true power, I believe it changes me for the better. — Torrey Peters Copy Share
People are going to make mistakes no matter what because that's what being human is. — Torrey Peters Copy Share
I mean, I don't relate to characters who are perfect. If someone offers up somebody as a role model, I'm going to be like,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
At the time that 'Detransition, Baby' came out, I was really resistant to having anybody say that I was representing trans women. Because there… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
I'm from the Midwest, and I was raised a boy. If you told my 17-year-old self that when you turn 40, you're going to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share
