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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... femme " ? Were we " boy " and " girl " ? Why was I invisible in her memories , a " girl " but not a “ lesbian ” ? I turned and looked back again at the two of us , those two girls . I saw the kite string slack in my hand , the kite ...
... femme " ? Were we " boy " and " girl " ? Why was I invisible in her memories , a " girl " but not a “ lesbian ” ? I turned and looked back again at the two of us , those two girls . I saw the kite string slack in my hand , the kite ...
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... femmes " ad . Discussions of sexuality may exclude butch / butch and femme / femme pairings as too homoerotically queer . Some of us who talk of ourselves as butch or femme may reject identification with people like us who live at the ...
... femmes " ad . Discussions of sexuality may exclude butch / butch and femme / femme pairings as too homoerotically queer . Some of us who talk of ourselves as butch or femme may reject identification with people like us who live at the ...
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... femme , she looked the way people expected a woman to look . The rumor was that the transsexual woman could have stayed last year , if she'd been willing to strip . The femme didn't want her butch to have to go through that . I ...
... femme , she looked the way people expected a woman to look . The rumor was that the transsexual woman could have stayed last year , if she'd been willing to strip . The femme didn't want her butch to have to go through that . I ...
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