“Even when we are confused about someone’s gender, and don’t have a greater awareness of what it means to be trans, we have a choice to respond with kindness rather than cruelty.” — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
“By claiming that our words are too hard to understand, the media perpetuates the idea that WE are too hard to understand, and suggests that there’s no point in trying.” — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
“If we start preemptively cutting out parts of who we are because they’re ‘not feminist enough’, then we’ve failed before we’ve begun.” — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“Even when we are confused about someone’s gender, and don’t have a greater awareness of what it means to be trans, we have a… — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“Some critics of trans people have told us that we shouldn’t feel this pain of being denied the legitimacy of our own selves; gender… — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“By claiming that our words are too hard to understand, the media perpetuates the idea that WE are too hard to understand, and suggests… — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?” — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“We assume that anything that is new to us is new to human society as a whole, and that if we don’t see it… — C. N. Lester Copy Share
“Trying to take away someone’s language is usually the first step in trying to change them.” — C. N. Lester Copy Share
