I have a capacity for enduring

I'm not surviving this

And I cannot say even now that I regret Claudia, that I wish I had never seen her, nor held her, nor whispered secrets to her, nor heard her laughter echoing through the shadowy gaslighted rooms of that all too human town house in which we moved amid the lacquered furniture and the darkening oil paintings and the brass flowerpots as living beings should. Claudia was my dark child, my love, evil of my evil. Claudia broke my heart.

via @aturinfortheworse

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE | SEASON 1

“claudia is the most important person in their lives and, in my opinion, the show because she’s such an incredible figure. to lose her like we lose her in this season should feel so devastating that it creates a world-shattering reverberation throughout the show and throughout subsequent seasons.”

The Golden Girls – 7.14: Old Boyfriends

Some measurement marks are kept in (à la Euan Uglow & co.) to mitigate the photographic feel.

(by @mhalachai)

(read his autobiography here for free)

there's an interview with him from 2017 along with some information about his life and activism. and he was interviewed on a podcast here. he's not super well known but has been a really important trans activist for decades