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If we don't show ourselves the same amount of compassion we show others, we'll eventually come to resent the compassion we have for others. I think there's little enough compassion in the world right now, so we need to grow our own to compensate for that.

— Kate Bornstein

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I tell people that I’ve never been hurt by an honest question, and that’s true: it’s a cruel opinion that hurts, not a question.

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995)

Standing with freaks never hurt anyone - it’s when we agree that we deserve the oppression and the ridicule that accompanies the freak’s position in the culture - that’s when the wound is mortal.

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995)

There are only people who are fluidly-gendered, and … the norm is that most of these people continually struggle to maintain the illusion that they are one gender or another.

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995)

“Gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.”

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995)

They believe (foolishly I think) that the power they have and exert over others is a good thing and they want to hang on to it, they're terrified of losing this stuff. What I'm talking about is what's been called 'male privilege.'

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995)

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