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)

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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