We're actually all constantly, even in minor ways, making choices to confirm or affirm the gender that we want to have. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
A phrase like 'gender dysphoria,' I hear it, and it's like a granite rock. There's no way to enter any emotion into… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I hope that by the end of reading 'Stag Dance,' you can no longer really say for sure who does or doesn't… — 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
The party line is that you declare yourself a gender, and then everybody will respect it. But the way it actually works… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Figuring out that so many cis women are walking around feeling like they're constantly failing as woman in all these different ways,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm obsessed with this book 'Independent People,' by Halldor Laxness. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
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 Image
When I'm open to beauty's true power, I believe it changes me for the better. — 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
