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… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The ways that I began to relate to other women as a woman wasn't around 'We're so fierce,' or something like that,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Following 'Detransition, Baby,' I felt like there was pressure on me to do something witty and sparkling. And I was like, 'Well,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm not just competing with other prose writers, I'm competing with TV. So I think a lot about the… — 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
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
