You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.

Say what you have to say now! Don't wait until you're sending blips from the other side.

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.

So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive.

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.