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"there's nothing you can do but endure puberty until you're all grown, and if you don't kill yourself by then, knock wood, many opportunities will magically become available and you'll have a lovely life."

"it crosses my mind a lot that some of my patients may choose sex changes out of internalized homophobia."

"The night before we first met, Elizabeth dreamed she walked into her room at Covenant House and there was a big cocoon hanging over her bed. As she watched, it opened up and she floated out, naked, her body perfect, beautiful, female."

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