Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme

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Check out Ivan’s latest column, “Dear Lady in the Women’s Washroom.” Here’s a sample:

I would like to remind you that this very same two-party gender system  is enforced on me and others like me every day, policed by people just  like you. It starts very young, and sometimes is subtle, as small as a  second look on the way out of a bathroom stall, but sometimes it is  deafening, and painful, and violent — even murderous. So, the next time you meet up with someone like me in the “ladies’  room,” please think twice before screaming. I am not there by accident.  In fact, I spent a lot more time looking at the sign on the door than  you ever have.

Photo credit: Gregg O’Connell

Check out Ivan’s latest column, “Dear Lady in the Women’s Washroom.” Here’s a sample:

I would like to remind you that this very same two-party gender system is enforced on me and others like me every day, policed by people just like you. It starts very young, and sometimes is subtle, as small as a second look on the way out of a bathroom stall, but sometimes it is deafening, and painful, and violent — even murderous.

So, the next time you meet up with someone like me in the “ladies’ room,” please think twice before screaming. I am not there by accident. In fact, I spent a lot more time looking at the sign on the door than you ever have.

Photo credit: Gregg O’Connell

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