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title: "1 Trans Person Quotes By Mitch Kellaway"
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> [“Books were irreplaceable to me as a teenage trans person trying to figure out my identity. I bought or borrowed every one I could find, and the feeling of being reflected–as well as being challenged by learning how differently others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/books-were-irreplaceable-to-me-as-a-teenage-trans-person-trying-to/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

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## More by Mitch Kellaway

> [“The term “FTM-Butch Border War” just sounds like an alien land of yore. How is it that the gravitational pull of my beard and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/the-term-ftm-butch-border-war-just-sounds-like-an-alien-land-of-yore/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [“Books were irreplaceable to me as a teenage trans person trying to figure out my identity. I bought or borrowed every one I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/books-were-irreplaceable-to-me-as-a-teenage-trans-person-trying-to/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [“We’re at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are still so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/we-re-at-this-really-unique-time-i-think-in-trans-representation-in/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [ “\["Manning Up"'s\] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea of “shared… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/manning-up-s-essays-definitely-nuance-the-idea-of-transitioning-into/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [ “That night I looked Stephanie \[Burt\] up online and started reading more about her work...I kept encountering a striking factoid...: she’s often cited as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/that-night-i-looked-stephanie-burt-up-online-and-started-reading-more/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [“When trying to comprehend what is happening to, and through, oneself, why not question the narratives one has been handed to make sense with?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/when-trying-to-comprehend-what-is-happening-to-and-through-oneself/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

> [“How does ANY male-identified person know he is a man? And does my answer really diverge greatly from how many men, trans or cisgender,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kellaway/how-does-any-male-identified-person-know-he-is-a-man-and-does-my/)

[Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kellaway/)

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