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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... night before she married when , instead of a wedding supper , she had played one last game with her women's soft- ball team . Earlier this summer she'd called me , sounding happier than I'd ever heard her . She'd joined a women's team ...
... night before she married when , instead of a wedding supper , she had played one last game with her women's soft- ball team . Earlier this summer she'd called me , sounding happier than I'd ever heard her . She'd joined a women's team ...
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... night we ever went out in your city , on a street corner a block from your apartment , a carload of white men careened by , screamed at you , " Faggot ! " We were holding hands , I was in a skirt that swirled , but they could see we ...
... night we ever went out in your city , on a street corner a block from your apartment , a carload of white men careened by , screamed at you , " Faggot ! " We were holding hands , I was in a skirt that swirled , but they could see we ...
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... night shadows of the stunted sycamores , onto a street where she and I are the only people at almost midnight . We turn left at the old county jail , empty and dark , an unused graveyard overgrown with razorwire that droops like wild ...
... night shadows of the stunted sycamores , onto a street where she and I are the only people at almost midnight . We turn left at the old county jail , empty and dark , an unused graveyard overgrown with razorwire that droops like wild ...
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