“Recent literature on transsexualism in the lesbian community draws connections with the practices of sadomasochism.” Quote by Sheila Jeffreys
“I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.” PeopleShouldBelieveRealCareI BelieveDecisionIncludingHealth CareTransgenderAuthentic Life Author:Gloria Steinem
“He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.” FallTrickle DownNiagaraNiagara Falls Author:Jack Kemp
“We move away from only the binary boxes of "masculine" or "feminine" and begin to live along the full human continuum of identity and expression.” HumansMovingIdentityExpressionBoxesFeminineMasculineContinuumBinary Author:Gloria Steinem
“Intersectionality may well sound like some unfortunate bowel complaint resulting in copious use of a colostomy bag, and indeed it does contain a large amount of ordure.” WellsMayDoeUseSoundAmountBagsUnfortunateComplaintsIntersectionality Author:Julie Burchill
“Transsexualism itself is a deeply moral question rather than a medicaltechnical answer.” AnswersMoral Author:Janice Raymond
“The issue of transsexualism is an ethical one that has profound social and moral ramifications.” SocialMoralIssuesProfoundEthicalRamifications Author:Janice Raymond
“While there are many who feel that morality must be built into law, I believe that the elimination of transsexualism is not best achieved by legislation prohibiting transsexual treatment and surgery but rather by legislation that limits it and by other legislation that lessens the support given to sex-role stereotyping, which generated the problem to begin with.” FeelsBelieveProblemLawGivenI BelieveSexRolesSupportMoralityLimitsBuiltTreatmentSurgeryLegislationStereotypeEliminationTranssexuals Author:Janice Raymond
“Is individual gender suffering relieved at the price of role conformity and the perpetuation of role stereotypes on a social level? In changing sex, does the transsexual encourage a sexist society whose continued existence depends upon the perpetuation of these roles and stereotypes? These and similar questions are seldom raised in transsexual therapy at present.” DoeSufferingIndividualSocialSexLevelsExistenceRolesDependsRaisedGenderTherapyConformityStereotypeRelievedSexistTranssexuals Author:Janice Raymond
“The modern listening experience is one of solitude, where someone just listens to music on their laptop.” ModernListeningSolitudeListening To MusicJust ListenLaptops Author:Ed Simons
“When you're onstage, you can see the front row and get a general impression of what's going on, but you're in your own zone.” FrontsImpressionZone Author:Ed Simons