+> Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
+>
+> —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
+
+> Don't let them in
+> Don't let them see
+> Be the good girl you always have to be
+> Conceal, don't feel
+> Don't let them know
+> Well now they know
+>
+> —"Let It Go" from _Frozen_
+
+> You sound so innocent
+> All full of good intent
+> You swear you know best
+> But you expect me to
+> Jump up on board with you
+> And ride off into your delusional sunset
+>
+> —"King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles
+
+> If you want to make your stupid dream real, you need to have a realistic picture of the world. If you want a society in which men and women have the same brain, or one in which feminism actually works, you would have to make it so, with advanced biological engineering. John Varley writes fiction: so did Joanna Russ.
+https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/12/12/internal-contradictions/