
Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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The Origins of the Concept of Gender as a Construct
In the 80s and 90s, we were supposed to be very clear about sexual orientation being separate from gender. Judith Butler recently said that gender is imitation without an original. And I think that's a beautiful description of how gender operates... why we have so much trouble when we do journalism on transgender issues.
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