“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?”

“If we start preemptively cutting out parts of who we are because theyre not feminist enough, then weve failed before weve begun.”

“Some critics of trans people have told us that we shouldnt feel this pain of being denied the legitimacy of our own selves; gender is, of course, just a social construct. I wonder if these people a...”

“Trying to take away someones language is usually the first step in trying to change them.”

“By claiming that our words are too hard to understand, the media perpetuates the idea that WE are too hard to understand, and suggests that theres no point in trying.”

“We assume that anything that is new to us is new to human society as a whole, and that if we dont see it reflected in history textbooks and in recent memory then it cannot have existed for long.”

“When women reassert their relationship with the wildish nature, they are gifted with a permanent and internal watcher, a knower, a visionary, an oracle, and inspiratrice, and intuitive, a maker, a ...”

“One thing we have learned is this: bringing compassionate, unflinching awareness to gender dynamics in groups and communities is a remarkably powerful place to begin. As in all spiritual practice, ...”

“Everything is melting in nature. We think we see objects, but our eyes are slow and partial. Nature is blooming and withering in long puffy respirations, rising and falling in oceanic wave-motion. ...”

“Gabriel.' I'm so close to him our lips are almost touching, and then I move closer so our lips are touching as I say his name again. It's like a kiss but it's not really a kiss. And it's nice and I...”

“Anna's voice wasn't a beautiful voice - rough edged and sorrowful, a bit used, somehow male and female at once. Yet it had more vibrancy to it than most Danish voices, which were often thin and whi...”

“Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different that I had to stretch and grow in order to recognize her. And in t...”