Kristin Hersh Quotes

I want parents out there to know that it's totally natural for kids to make believe and play games. It does not mean your child is going to be transgendered. And even if it were true, why is it such a horrible thing?

Hedi Slimane told me I was boyish in his eyes. For him femininity and masculinity are the same thing, the difference is not so interesting, he said.

I don't categorize myself. I don't think I'm perceived as a female act by my audience. My fans include just as many men as women.

As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.

Trans women are women, we're just a different type of women.

I love when an outfit embodies the fluidity of my gender - it makes me feel the most confident and grounded, especially when attending fashion shows, which can be extremely overwhelming.

I'm non-binary, but I don't really talk about it that much.

I don't view myself as a 'trans actor' or a 'trans model.' I mean, I am - it's part of who I am - but it's not something that solely defines me.

'Actor' and 'actress' don't have to be gendered or sexed.

Bodies have a sex, but gender is a thing we made up, like your star sign or nationality. It doesn't really say anything about who you are. The destruction of gender binary would free everybody.

In an ideal world, we would be able to just swap characters' genders around because I don't ever wake up in the morning and think to myself, 'Oh I am such a woman today,' because that is just so ridiculous.

More and more - especially the younger generation - are functioning outside the binary concept of gender. That's just next-generation stuff.

Transgender doesn't need to imply loud.

My definition of gender expands beyond just two genders.

I really don't care about what anyone says unless they are also gender-nonconforming. Then I really listen. I love the solidarity felt between us gender failures.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

I quite like androgyny.

I'm in favour of hipster androgyny: Any trend that permits men to rebel against strict gender rules of appearance is going to make the world a more expressive and sensitive place for all of us.

I was the kid growing up who would play with G.I. Joes in a pink dress and then run off to play with my Barbies. It doesn't mean that I'm less girly, it just means that I have this other side of me. It's kinda cool to be a little bit of both, I think.

I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did.

Being a parent of a boy who wants to wear sparkles and grow his hair long - especially when you don't know where it's all going to go - it's hard stuff. I'm not being politically incorrect in acknowledging that, am I?

Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

Hardly nobody gets to live two genders in their life.

I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.