A phrase like 'gender dysphoria,' I hear it, and it's like a granite rock. There's no way to enter any emotion into… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
There's a self that I want to be... as some ideal person who is actualised. Then there's all the actual particulars of… — 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
Cis women want to know what trans women know. And they don't want the dumbed-down version of it - the same way… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Our genders are in negotiation with other people. I'm like, 'I want to be seen this way, and so I'm going to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
We all go through transitions, whether it's divorce, or any number of things, and the way we talk right now is very… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Ayad Akhtar's 'Homeland Elegies' pointed the way to new ways to speak about identity, new modes of honesty about identity and class. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The number of times that I've gotten in my own way because I've justified, or told myself a story, or lied to… — 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
