8 quotes found
“It's easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it.”
“Let's stop pretending that we have all the answers, because when it comes to gender, none of us is fucking omniscient.”
“It is important to note that the relevant factor to sexual harassment in this story is not gender identity but gender perception. Some friends and acquaintances who have experienced harassment do n...”
“Being transgender guarantees you will upset someone. People get upset with transgender people who choose to inhabit a third gender space rather than pick a side. Some get upset at transgender peopl...”
“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of meaning built into it. It's an amalgamation of bodies, identities, and life exper...”
“While railing against the manufactured prerequisites of womanhood or manhood, we need to avoid manufacturing our own prerequisites. The non-operative journey and the objection to it illustrate just...”
“We can't ignore right-wing demagogues who insist that the word of the doctor who proclaims a child's sex at birth somehow holds more sway over the reality of the body than the word of the person wh...”
“When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudices, and presumptions - completely off the hook. - Scott Turner Schofield”
