I Didn't Want To Be

I'm A Female But I Have A Masculine Side And I'm Not Going To Negate That Part Of Myself.

We're All Born, And If You're Going To Live To Be Elderly, You'll Have Gone Through A Life Journey Different Than Anyone Else's. It's Unique To You, But You'll Have Some Common Themes.

I Don't Think Feminism Is About The Exclusion Of Men But Their Inclusion... We Must Face And Address Those Issues, Especially To Include Younger Men And Boys.

I Used To Be Obsessed About How I Presented Myself. I Didn't Want Other People Dressing Me Because I Didn't Want To Be Treated Like A Clothes Horse.

There's So Much Stigma Around Hiv/aids. It's A Challenging Issue, And The People That Already Have Been Tested And Know Their Status Find It Very, Very Hard To Disclose Their Status, To Live With That Virus, And To Even Seek Out The Kind Of Information They Need. This Experience Of Going To South Africa A Decade Ago Really Woke Me Up To The Scale Of The Hiv/aids Pandemic In Sub-saharan Africa, How It Was Affecting Women And Their Children. I Haven't Been Able To Walk Away From It.