Torrey Peters

I think that oftentimes gender is actually a negotiation with all these people around us. The dream is that you live in a society where you can just say, this is who I want to be and everybody accepts you. But in fact, they don't. You're sort of negotiating with people. And I don't just think that's trans people who are negotiating. I think if you're...

I think that oftentimes gender is actually a negotiation with all these people around us. The dream is that you live in a society where you can just say, this is who I want to be and everybody accepts you. But in fact, they don't. You're sort of negotiating with people. And I don't just think that's trans people who are negotiating. I think if you're...

A woman, and you're like, I want to be taken seriously at the office. Well, you might wear a suit because that's a symbol, you know? And it's unfortunate that one would have to, like, sort of take on these gendered symbols in order to get respect. But we're all constantly negotiating that way, including trans people. Whenever you decide that you're making a transition, you...

A woman, and you're like, I want to be taken seriously at the office. Well, you might wear a suit because that's a symbol, you know? And it's unfortunate that one would have to, like, sort of take on these gendered symbols in order to get respect. But we're all constantly negotiating that way, including trans people. Whenever you decide that you're making a transition, you...

A woman, and you're like, I want to be taken seriously at the office. Well, you might wear a suit because that's a symbol, you know? And it's unfortunate that one would have to, like, sort of take on these gendered symbols in order to get respect. But we're all constantly negotiating that way, including trans people. Whenever you decide that you're making a transition, you...

Take on certain symbols. And the thing is, those symbols, they don't work equally for everybody. The reality of the way that we treat bodies in this moment is that certain people could say, well, I'm going to transition. Like the Leeson character, who's young and pretty, he puts on a triangle, he goes to the dance.

Take on certain symbols. And the thing is, those symbols, they don't work equally for everybody. The reality of the way that we treat bodies in this moment is that certain people could say, well, I'm going to transition. Like the Leeson character, who's young and pretty, he puts on a triangle, he goes to the dance.

Take on certain symbols. And the thing is, those symbols, they don't work equally for everybody. The reality of the way that we treat bodies in this moment is that certain people could say, well, I'm going to transition. Like the Leeson character, who's young and pretty, he puts on a triangle, he goes to the dance.

Everyone is going to use she pronouns because they all want to dance with the prettiest body. logger. While when Babe shows up, there's no amount of symbols and makeup or anything that he could put on his body to have people kind of agree to that negotiation. And so there's a way in which certain transitions become felicitous and certain transitions don't become felicitous.

Everyone is going to use she pronouns because they all want to dance with the prettiest body. logger. While when Babe shows up, there's no amount of symbols and makeup or anything that he could put on his body to have people kind of agree to that negotiation. And so there's a way in which certain transitions become felicitous and certain transitions don't become felicitous.

Everyone is going to use she pronouns because they all want to dance with the prettiest body. logger. While when Babe shows up, there's no amount of symbols and makeup or anything that he could put on his body to have people kind of agree to that negotiation. And so there's a way in which certain transitions become felicitous and certain transitions don't become felicitous.

And for me, I wanted to write about it because it seems like something that's actually very painful within kind of queer liberation You can say whatever you want and that's what you are. But pretending that's the case when people are actually in pain, when they're like, no, nobody's treating this way even though I'm doing it, it's a painful thing and it's something that's difficult to talk about.

And for me, I wanted to write about it because it seems like something that's actually very painful within kind of queer liberation You can say whatever you want and that's what you are. But pretending that's the case when people are actually in pain, when they're like, no, nobody's treating this way even though I'm doing it, it's a painful thing and it's something that's difficult to talk about.

And for me, I wanted to write about it because it seems like something that's actually very painful within kind of queer liberation You can say whatever you want and that's what you are. But pretending that's the case when people are actually in pain, when they're like, no, nobody's treating this way even though I'm doing it, it's a painful thing and it's something that's difficult to talk about.

And for me, those kinds of stories work best in fiction. I can create a logger and I can be like, how might this feel? What's this frustration like? And when you say that your heart breaks for that logger every time he calls himself ugly, that's the kind of empathy that I'm looking for. I'm looking to generate that for readers.

And for me, those kinds of stories work best in fiction. I can create a logger and I can be like, how might this feel? What's this frustration like? And when you say that your heart breaks for that logger every time he calls himself ugly, that's the kind of empathy that I'm looking for. I'm looking to generate that for readers.

And for me, those kinds of stories work best in fiction. I can create a logger and I can be like, how might this feel? What's this frustration like? And when you say that your heart breaks for that logger every time he calls himself ugly, that's the kind of empathy that I'm looking for. I'm looking to generate that for readers.

Yeah. And certain people, those symbols work on them even though they're not trying to transition. I know somebody who was a sort of masculine presenting woman who... is cis and considers herself cis. She doesn't identify as trans. And she had an altercation in an elevator because somebody misunderstood the ways that she presented herself.

Yeah. And certain people, those symbols work on them even though they're not trying to transition. I know somebody who was a sort of masculine presenting woman who... is cis and considers herself cis. She doesn't identify as trans. And she had an altercation in an elevator because somebody misunderstood the ways that she presented herself.

Yeah. And certain people, those symbols work on them even though they're not trying to transition. I know somebody who was a sort of masculine presenting woman who... is cis and considers herself cis. She doesn't identify as trans. And she had an altercation in an elevator because somebody misunderstood the ways that she presented herself.