SQ: “Much more airtime is spent using us by others than on our own experiences. Our existence is made a matter of opinion, as if our genders are debatable and not just who we are. In other words, there has been a lot of talk about us but very little engagement with us.” ― Alok Vaid Menon
SQ: “There are some questions that don't have answers. How to express pain when you can't even locate the wound? It's like releasing a balloon into the air. You don't know where it's going, but you do know it went somewhere far away.” ― Alok Vaid Menon
SQ: “I'm quite concerned that so many people — who are neither medical professionals nor trans themselves — would want to hear all the gory details about transsexual physical transformations, or would think they have the right to ask us about the state of our genitals.” ― Julia Serano
SQ: “At a fundamental level, we still have to advocate for the right to exist. The truth is that I still can't go out without fearing for my safety. There are few spaces where I don't experience harassment for how I look.” ― Alok Vaid Menon
SQ: “Violence only brings temporary victories; Violence creates far more social problems than it solves. So it never brings lasting peace.” ― Martin L. King
ST - TNN: “Transgender people in the Netherlands are 7 times more likely to be abused or threatened with it.'❗
Source: TNN - #submittedpost #nl
Martin L. King translated quote via:
https://verkenjegeest.com/10-prachtige-citaten-tegen-geweld/
ST: #awareness #againstviolence #stopviolence
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