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 Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate. |
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Beside him stands a woman old enough to be his mother , a whiteheaded white
woman old enough to be my grandmother . She does not look out at the camera ,
or at any of the other white people , or at the slaughtered men . She looks up ...
Does the policy of woman - born - woman mean that if you are born a female you
are always a woman ? Then the member of the group who is a female - to - male
transsexual should be able to come in , though he makes it plain that he doesn't ...
I wonder how many of the women who pass through these gates actually believe
that any person born in a woman's body ... though perhaps only for today ,
anyone who self - identifies as a woman - born - woman - if , of course , these
people ...
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User Review - ehough75 - LibraryThingAmazing. Loved every aspect of this book. She shows how her thoughts and process have developed and changed over the years with both conversaitons, debates, and encounters with the people she has met ... Read full review
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User Review - dancingwaves - LibraryThingAn amazing book of vignettes that explore the ideas and intersections of love, sexuality, gender, and identity. A beautiful love letter to her partner, Leslie Feinberg. Read full review
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| Title | S/He |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Alyson Books, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 155583888X, 9781555838881 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Women Social Science / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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