“I felt as though I was rushing into a burning building to discover the ideas I needed for my own life.”

“I know the difference between what I can't do and what I refuse to do.”

“I began to feel the pleasure of the weightless state between here and there.”

“More exists among human beings than can be answered by the simplistic question I'm hit with every day of my life: "Are you a man or a woman?”

“Some mistakes in life are not punishable, others teach you a lesson you never forget.”

“If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian.”

“We have not always been forced to pass, to go underground, in order to work and live. We have a right to live openly and proudly...when our lives are suppressed, everyone is denied an understanding of the rich diversity of sex and gender expression and experience that exist in human society.”