We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.

There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence.

Believing that you are unworthy of love and belonging or that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong, is deadly.

Pious people spoke to God, and crazy people imagined that God spoke back.

Try to be forgotten. Go live in the country. Stay in mourning for two years, then remarry, but choose somebody decent.

It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.

The more spastic song structure I have, the more I hate it afterwards.

I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it.

People who can make you laugh can make you cry.

Morality comes from a commitment to treat other as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is the sole occupant of the universe.

A wife’s prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else’s, even his mother’s. (Sorry, Mom.)

Trust and trust alone should lead us to love

Men, we don't need you in shining armor. We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.