Knowing that trans women of color started the movement in the united states and were literally immediately erased and excluded from what they started is the most deeply jading knowledge.
It is the original sin of the so-called queer community and it damns it from the cradle.
The night we went to the Golden Globes together, Drew was laughing and happy as we got ready, like she was getting ready for the prom. I was the one fraught with anxiety. I’ve never been comfortable with going out and being photographed, and I’ve become less so as time goes by. If I’ve got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, that’s usually a good day for me. That night turned out to be a different kind of experience. If I had been there on my own, I probably would have left early. - Jessica Lange