Kai Cheng Thom

“If there is one lesson that I have to teach you, dear reader, remember this: cute boys come and go, but The Dance is forever.”

“On that day beneath the fluorescent lights of the YMCA, I was transcendent.”

“There are a million tiny privileges that people take for granted that cannot: access to , to physical activity, to taking joy in our own bodies, are among them. Finding a physical activity that I loved came at the cost of putting up with countless small acts of hostility, and finally, I had had enough.”

“I’m okay with waiting. I’ve found what I need to find. Whenever the mood strikes me, I wait until I’m home in my apartment. I put on blast. I close my eyes. And I dance.”