S/HeThis brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg. Minnie Bruce Prattis the author ofWe Say We Love Each Other,Rebellion,Crime Against Nature,Walking Back Up Depot Street, andThe Dirt We Ate. |
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... androgynous to feminine ? Is there a connection between the sexualities of lesbian , bisexual , heterosexual , between desire and liberation ? No one told us : The path divides , and divides again , in many directions . No one asked ...
... androgynous to feminine ? Is there a connection between the sexualities of lesbian , bisexual , heterosexual , between desire and liberation ? No one told us : The path divides , and divides again , in many directions . No one asked ...
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... androgyny - so now I feel I belong here , at my first women's dance . And now she and I dance one dance . No sparks with her except the thrill of asking for that dance . No conversation , although I wonder about her work as a graduate ...
... androgyny - so now I feel I belong here , at my first women's dance . And now she and I dance one dance . No sparks with her except the thrill of asking for that dance . No conversation , although I wonder about her work as a graduate ...
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... androgynous . But no one pushes masculine and feminine to the edge of woman as we do . We slow - dance , even to the fast songs . Every so often , the same woman , drunk , walks by and says loudly , " They're still doing it . Did you ...
... androgynous . But no one pushes masculine and feminine to the edge of woman as we do . We slow - dance , even to the fast songs . Every so often , the same woman , drunk , walks by and says loudly , " They're still doing it . Did you ...
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