That you can be whatever you want to be, whoever you want to be, regardless of your gender.

I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

You're gone. No mailing address. But I send you letters anyway.

I have a really terrible sense of direction.

I collect flickering stars in old pickling jars, poking holes in the lids so they can breathe.

A man touched me: his hand... my thigh. I touched him too: my fist... his jaw.

I've been hearing it a lot, especially in the last few years; people will say things to me like "Well, if only I was like you in that movie," or "If only I could be with someone like you in that movie." And, you know, it's very flattering to hear that.