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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... pull open the door . In this fantasy , she is not like a man who ostentatiously opens a battle of wills over who controls going in and coming out . And she certainly does not re- semble a man who reaches out to repeat , by habit , a ...
... pull open the door . In this fantasy , she is not like a man who ostentatiously opens a battle of wills over who controls going in and coming out . And she certainly does not re- semble a man who reaches out to repeat , by habit , a ...
Page 66
... in the heat . You pull me into the hard circle of your arm and say , " Baby , no one knows about the second exit except someone from the old days . " DRAG BAR ou wonder what I was doing those years 66 MINNIE BRUCE PRATT.
... in the heat . You pull me into the hard circle of your arm and say , " Baby , no one knows about the second exit except someone from the old days . " DRAG BAR ou wonder what I was doing those years 66 MINNIE BRUCE PRATT.
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... pull at you to get out of there . You jerk your hand away sternly , tell me , " No , " as the man's apologetic friend drags him off . Across the street , I begin to cry . Too many memories of harassment when I was afraid and didn't know ...
... pull at you to get out of there . You jerk your hand away sternly , tell me , " No , " as the man's apologetic friend drags him off . Across the street , I begin to cry . Too many memories of harassment when I was afraid and didn't know ...
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