Traveling the past few days, criss-crossing the state in a massive slab of automobile and doing my best to stave off the boredom and frustrating lack of productivity. And then I run across this, doing my best not to sniffle too loud in the back seat…

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“I began to believe voices in my head — that I was a freak, that I am broken, that there is something wrong with me, that I will never be lovable…”

That’s from Lana Wachowski’s speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s gala fundraising dinner.

You can (and probably should) read the whole thing here or watch the video.