"my fear of men is a fuel that both protects my body, as a survival instinct, and erodes it, from overuse."

"any ambiguity or nonconformity, especially in relation to gender, conjures terror. this is precisely why men are afraid of me. why women are afraid of me, too. but your fear is not only hurting me, it’s hurting you, limiting you from being everything you could be. consider how often you have dismissed your own appearance, behaviours, emotions, and aspirations for being too feminine or masculine. what might your life be if you didn’t impose these designations on yourself, let alone on me?"