Speaking and BeingLanguage opens up our world, and in the same instant, limits it. What does it mean to exist in a language that was never meant for you to speak? Why are we missing certain words? How can we talk about our communal problems without fuelling them? What does it actually mean to speak freely? As a writer and activist fighting for equality, Kbra Gmsay has been thinking about these questions for many years. In Speaking and Being, she explores how language