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title: "2 Genderqueer Quotes By C. N. Lester"
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> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/even-when-we-are-confused-about-someone-s-gender-and-don-t-have-a/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/c-n-lester-52189_gender_even-when-we-are-confused-about-someone_149079.jpg)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/by-claiming-that-our-words-are-too-hard-to-understand-the-media/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/c-n-lester-52189_gender_by-claiming-that-our-words-are-too-hard_1681784.jpg)

## More by C. N. Lester

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/if-we-start-preemptively-cutting-out-parts-of-who-we-are-because-they/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/even-when-we-are-confused-about-someone-s-gender-and-don-t-have-a/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/some-critics-of-trans-people-have-told-us-that-we-shouldn-t-feel-this/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“By claiming that our words are too hard to understand, the media perpetuates the idea that WE are too hard to understand, and suggests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/by-claiming-that-our-words-are-too-hard-to-understand-the-media/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/when-we-are-surrounded-by-such-diversity-in-nature-in-culture-in/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/we-assume-that-anything-that-is-new-to-us-is-new-to-human-society-as/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

> [“Trying to take away someone’s language is usually the first step in trying to change them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-lester/trying-to-take-away-someone-s-language-is-usually-the-first-step-in/)

[C. N. Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-lester/)

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