“Sometimes I still feel that there are two of me: one clean, flawless picture, the other imperfect and cracked; one boy, one girl; one voice that speaks aloud and one that whispers in my ear; one publicly known to have been troubled but be on the mend, the other who has privately lost something to do with innocence and gained something to do with knowledge and adulthood that can never be undone. I feel sometimes there are things that tear me in two directions, that there are two sets of thoughts that grow side by side. But then I realize that I am whole, whatever that means and does not mean; I am complete without the need for additions or alteration.” BeautifulFictionNovelIdentityPerfectionAuthorLgbtLgbtqiaLiteraryCommercialIntersex Book:Golden Boy Source: Golden Boy
“It's an arbitrary thing if you're born with an XX or XY chromosome, but it can determine your experience of the world. It's about whether you are physically intimidating vs. being physically intimidated. It determines whether you are the one to take an active role in sex and society.” FeministGenderIntersexGolden BoyAbigail TarttelinInterview MagazineInter Sexuality Author:Abigail Tarttelin
“I personally believe that gender equality underlines every other equality, and certainly the issue of sexuality. For instance, if we didn’t distinguish between gender, in terms of giving different genders disparate values and attributes, what problem would we have with two men loving each other?” FeministGenderLgbtLgbtqiaIntersexAbigail TarttelinAtria Books Author:Abigail Tarttelin
