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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... Dyke Theater , on the opening night of the Great Southeast Lesbian Conference , and no one is better than she is that night , except the tall red - headed femme who jumps onto the stage next , cracking a black bullwhip . I sit , a still ...
... Dyke Theater , on the opening night of the Great Southeast Lesbian Conference , and no one is better than she is that night , except the tall red - headed femme who jumps onto the stage next , cracking a black bullwhip . I sit , a still ...
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Minnie Bruce Pratt. On Saturday we walk in sweltering heat from dyke home to dyke home in Little Five Points . We ... Dykes of the American Revolution , the same women as the Red Dykes who'd done drag . We had imagined a liberation ...
Minnie Bruce Pratt. On Saturday we walk in sweltering heat from dyke home to dyke home in Little Five Points . We ... Dykes of the American Revolution , the same women as the Red Dykes who'd done drag . We had imagined a liberation ...
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... dykes . They the women dykes . They are seen as cross- ing sex and gender boundaries simply because they question them . Today we all jump at noises in the hall , imagining that the one we fear stands in the doorway . Perhaps an unknown ...
... dykes . They the women dykes . They are seen as cross- ing sex and gender boundaries simply because they question them . Today we all jump at noises in the hall , imagining that the one we fear stands in the doorway . Perhaps an unknown ...
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