When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudi — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudi — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudi — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudi — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudi — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
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When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudices, and presumptions - completely off the hook. - Scott Turner Schofield

— Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
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