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Janet Mock Discusses Dad's Gender Policing On HuffPost Live

Started by LearnedHand, February 17, 2014, 10:51:28 PM

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/12/janet-mock-gender-policin_n_4775472.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender
James Nichols; Huffington Post

[Video 6 minutes 6 seconds]

Transgender activist and writer Janet Mock stopped by HuffPost Live today to discuss her new book, "Redefining Realness," as well as her life and experiences as a transgender woman.

"My father was very vocal about his son not acting like a sissy," Mock shared on HuffPost Live. "I talk about how that was one of the first labels I remember about myself is 'sissy' [. . .] I think that my father -- that was his way of caring was through gender policing, which then taught me that who I was was wrong and I internalized a lot of that stuff. But luckily, I kind of unpacked that throughout my life."
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