There are only people who are fluidly-gendered, and … the n… - Kate Bornstein

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There are only people who are fluidly-gendered, and … the norm is that most of these people continually struggle to maintain the illusion that they are one gender or another.

Kate Bornstein

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Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) is an American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist.

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