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In the
1950s they didn't have GRS, so, Alishia Brevard castrated
herself. Born a farm boy in rural Tennessee, Brevard went on
to become a B-film actress in Hollywood. In Michael Musto's review
of her book "The woman I was not born to be," he says, [What
Brevard] finds is a society that punishes those who defy assigned
gender roles because they upset the status quo. She uncovers a
world that stigmatizes femmes and a gay community that's deeply
ashamed of drag; a women's movement that generally leaves trannies
behind and a transsexual community so anxious to blend in that it
strives to erase all evidence of its maleness. (from Village
Voice review -- see below for link.) |
