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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... waiting for the show to begin . I would sing along with hundreds of dykes : I've been cheated / been mistreated / when will I be loved ? And the woman next to me would answer . ROCK A t first glance she looks like a pile.
... waiting for the show to begin . I would sing along with hundreds of dykes : I've been cheated / been mistreated / when will I be loved ? And the woman next to me would answer . ROCK A t first glance she looks like a pile.
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... waiting . Waiting gets tiresome . " When you turn your face to kiss me at a certain angle , I am caressed by an edge of roughness , a rasp of hair at your chin's edge , a reminder of why on the street you're sometimes still taken for a ...
... waiting . Waiting gets tiresome . " When you turn your face to kiss me at a certain angle , I am caressed by an edge of roughness , a rasp of hair at your chin's edge , a reminder of why on the street you're sometimes still taken for a ...
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... waiting for the next train ; we've already exited one that was unmovably crowded . After a drunk man behind us began to mutter and elbow , you said , “ Let's get off this ride from hell , " and we rushed out at Christopher Street . You ...
... waiting for the next train ; we've already exited one that was unmovably crowded . After a drunk man behind us began to mutter and elbow , you said , “ Let's get off this ride from hell , " and we rushed out at Christopher Street . You ...
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