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What’s marriage equality got to do with intersex?

Started by suzifrommd, July 08, 2015, 07:56:22 PM

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July 08, 2015, 07:56:22 PM
What's marriage equality got to do with intersex?

by Georgiann Davis | July 7, 2015

http://contexts.org/blog/whats-marriage-equality-got-to-do-with-intersex/

When the time came to sign the marriage license, I felt my gender as woman legally validated. Marriage, a state-sponsored institution, was the powerful vehicle that disentangled my sex (biological, albeit arbitrary, markers of "male" or "female" characteristics) from my gender (socially agreed upon, and also arbitrary, markers of "masculinity" and "femininity" characteristics). Marriage, to a man, was a big step in making me a woman.

Have you read my short story The Eve of Triumph?
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Lady Smith

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July 08, 2015, 08:11:55 PM
Saving my pocket money to buy a copy of her book :)
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Harryquin

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July 21, 2015, 05:48:41 AM
Some people still do not understand these things. But I think it would be useful.
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