M to (WT)F Quotes

“That's the downside of people laughing at transgender people instead of laughing with us. They miss out on what's actually funny about our unique position in the world. When people dehumanize us, they don't notice that we make light of ourselves all the time and that we'd like to invite them to join in the fun so long as they don't think that our mere existence is the punchline.”
― Samantha Allen, M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey

“Documentaries about transgender women like to show us sitting in front of mirrors putting on makeup. In reality, a gender transition is mostly paperwork.”
― Samantha Allen, M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey

“What's wrong with me"? I wondered that night, but then I realized that something was right with me now.”
― Samantha Allen, M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey

“The thought of ending up as a married straight man with a wife and kids felt so disconnected from my internal desires that I—no joke— convinced myself that I was probably going to die in an airplane crash at age 27. There was a certain sense of relief in setting an end point that came only a quarter of the way through life.”
― Samantha Allen, M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey

“Like I said, I wasn't the biggest fan of my body, but the good news about bodies is that they can change.”
― Samantha Allen, M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey