June 11, 2012

“The book also asks people to consider that LGBT are not isolated, that they do not exist without a family. I ask readers to consider what the possibility for social change might be if trans people are not cast off from their families, but held lovingly by their families and communities as they transition. We are used to thinking of LGBT as outsiders, only allowed to be considered “normal” if they mimc hetero-normative behaviors like having kids or getting married. But what if we allowed all people to be who they are, without risk of ostracism? What if we could also choose to be radically queer, or transition, or be gender variant as a child, and still be loved and valued and supported? What amazing social change may be possible!”

—Rachel Pepper, interviewed about her groundbreaking anthology of essays from mothers of trans and gender-variant children TRANSITIONS OF THE HEART

(Source: lulalisbon.wordpress.com)

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