So Many Stars Quotes

“Understand that people are going to tell you “no,” and people are going to say negative things about you, but I want you to pretend that you’re holding up a mirror and they’re actually just saying it to themselves. They see a light in you, and they want to attack it. That’s because you’re having fun, you’re free.”
― Caro De Robertis, So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

“I was trying to say to my old stuck-in-her-ways friend that this doesn’t change anything about how you live your life or how you move in the world. It is simply the recognition that another person uses different pronouns or wants to be seen in a different way. It doesn’t require anything from you except for empathy.”
― Caro De Robertis, So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

“Oh, shit, I’m just nonbinary, man. Fuck, I got my mama, I got my daddy in me.”
― Caro De Robertis, So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

“Jotería, for me—“faggotry”—it’s just a beautiful word: all of us together. It’s our strength. It’s our beauty. It’s our intelligence. It’s our organizing. It’s our love, our authenticity. It’s just the colorful and beautiful people that we are. So, yeah. I guess to me, jotería is not just about one meaning, it’s a compilation of beautiful and amazing things that makes me say: “We should own our jotería.” To me, it’s power. To me, it’s just a beautiful, amazing, great thing.”
― Caro De Robertis, So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color