“But just as the material necessity to produce the means of production and subsistence does not determine the historically specific social relations in which they are produced, the biology of procreation does not determine the mode of reproduction, i.e. social relations in which children are born and raised, although it imposes limits on their variations. (,,,) this family form [nuclear family
unit of parents and children] is prevalent in capitalist societies; it is not, however, universal because those functions can be
fulfilled within a variety of social arrangements”
Source: Marx, Women, and Capitalist Social Reproduction: Marxist Feminist Essays
“I've been sexually assaulted, physically attacked, felt unsafe in my own house, and nearly killed myself because I'm transgender. Now I'm not saying that its the same struggle as racism. But what I will say is that if people are intentionally ignorant you can't fight them with words. Sometims you have to fight back. Or scream. And you know what. That's life. Despite the lies you may have been told no one won their rights by asking for them nicely. People fought for them. So ya I'm sorry if what I said may "offend" a few white people, but I'm going to fuking say it anyways.”
“The only reason they tolerated the transgender community in some of these movements was because we were gung-ho, we were front liners. We didn’t take no shit from nobody. We had nothing to lose. You all had rights. We had nothing to lose. I’ll be the first one to step on any organization, any
politician’s toes if I have to, to get the rights for my community.”
Source: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR): Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle
“What I deserved and what I could expect from life were two different things.”
Source: If I Was Your Girl
“There is no such thing as free speech absolutism. It’s really just an opportunity to use hate speech and the denigration of minorities.”
“Stories of the brave, glamorous girl stopped selling so the press changed its angle and turned mean (and dumb); "transvestite", "degenerate", etc. Magazines start to use the pronouns "he" to refer to Christine”
Source: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
“This is not a story which denies trans identities; nor that argues trans people deserve to lead anything other than happy lives, free of harassment, with access to good healthcare. This is a story about the underlying safety of an NHS service, the adequacy of the care it provides and its use of poorly evidenced treatments on some of the most vulnerable young people in society. And how so many people sat back, watched, and did nothing.”
Source: Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
“every time you laugh at the idea of a man dressed as a woman, a trans girl gets more scared to come out”
Source: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
“Because I support trans rights, I must be trans, because why would you care about something if it didn’t directly affect you?”
“the real problem is
dogs can take a piss in public
but human beings are still fighting to”
Source: Have Some Pride: A Collection of LGBTQ+ Inspired Poetry