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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... gender differences . They accused : Equal rights means unisex bathrooms ... expression , and sexuality that was complex enough to respond to these right ... gender bound- aries , to place ourselves anywhere we chose on the continuum of ...
... gender differences . They accused : Equal rights means unisex bathrooms ... expression , and sexuality that was complex enough to respond to these right ... gender bound- aries , to place ourselves anywhere we chose on the continuum of ...
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... gender expression was appropriate for " respectable " women and “ liberated " women . One answer for many was to deny the deep fear in the larger culture , and therefore within ourselves , about sex and gender fluidity . The fear can ...
... gender expression was appropriate for " respectable " women and “ liberated " women . One answer for many was to deny the deep fear in the larger culture , and therefore within ourselves , about sex and gender fluidity . The fear can ...
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... gender and sex are fluid . Not an academic exercise , but what she tells the ... gender is . Meeting you for the first time over curried chicken and masala ... expression that should be available to all women , as femininity should be ...
... gender and sex are fluid . Not an academic exercise , but what she tells the ... gender is . Meeting you for the first time over curried chicken and masala ... expression that should be available to all women , as femininity should be ...
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