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During the 1930s and 1940s, Murray was interested in the idea that they might have a "male gland" in their body which was the cause of them falling in love with women. Murray also expressed that this inner maleness would explain why Murray was interested in traditionally-male fields of study like law, theology, and medicine.<ref name="Drury2013">{{Cite journal|title=Boy-Girl, Imp, Priest: Pauli Murray and the Limits of Identity|journal=Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion|last=Drury|first=Doreen M.|doi=10.2979/jfemistudreli.29.1.142|date=Spring 2013}}</ref> | During the 1930s and 1940s, Murray was interested in the idea that they might have a "male gland" in their body which was the cause of them falling in love with women. Murray also expressed that this inner maleness would explain why Murray was interested in traditionally-male fields of study like law, theology, and medicine.<ref name="Drury2013">{{Cite journal|title=Boy-Girl, Imp, Priest: Pauli Murray and the Limits of Identity|journal=Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion|last=Drury|first=Doreen M.|doi=10.2979/jfemistudreli.29.1.142|date=Spring 2013}}</ref> | ||
Some scholars have labeled Murray a a [[lesbian]] | Some scholars have labeled Murray a a [[lesbian]] or [[transgender]]/[[transmasculine]], but Murray did not use these terms.<ref name="Simmons-Thorne">{{Cite web |title=Pauli Murray and the Pronominal Problem: a De-essentialist Trans Historiography |last=Simmons-Thorne |first=Naomi |work=The Activist History Review |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=27 February 2022 |url= https://activisthistory.com/2019/05/30/pauli-murray-and-the-pronominal-problem-a-de-essentialist-trans-historiography/}}</ref><ref name="Drury2013" /> If Pauli was alive today, they might identify as [[lesbian]], [[nonbinary]], [[genderqueer]], [[butch]], [[transgender]], [[gender variant]], or use other terms. It is important to remember that during Murray's lifetime, it was illegal and dangerous to openly express a non-hetero or non-cis identity, and this danger would be compounded for Black people like Murray.<ref name="pronouns" /> | ||
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