“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
“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
