Andrea Lawlor

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    Andrea Lawlor
    Nationality American
    Pronouns they/them[1]
    Gender identity masculine but not a man[2]

    Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is known for writing the novel Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl, which was a 2018 Lambda Literary finalist.[3]

    In a 2014 article for Mutha Magazine, Lawlor wrote "I don't identify as a mother, a lesbian, or a woman at all, frankly. Yet I don't identify as a man either." They settled on the term Baba to describe their relationship to their child.[2]

    Lawlor grew up in Naugatuck, Connecticut, then moved to New York for college. They dropped out for a while to be an [[activism|activist], later finishing their college education in Iowa City.[4]

    Quotes

    « I love the word queer, because what's useful about it is that it has the potential to be radically inclusive. I hope it signals an interest in, if not radical political thought, at least a destabilising. Destabilising binary ideas of gender and sex. I really struggled with this feeling of not being trans enough, I don't feel like any of the words really work. I like words that leave things a little unclear. The main thing for me is if you respect people self-determination, and if somebody says they're queer, or they're trans, they are, and it's not that big of a deal.[4] »

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    References

    1. "about". andrea lawlor. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
    2. 2.0 2.1 Lawlor, Andrea (25 March 2014). "ANDREA LAWLOR on Why Hart Doesn't Have Two Mommies". Mutha Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
    3. Orlando, Christina (27 October 2018). "15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
    4. 4.0 4.1 Nolan, Megan (30 May 2019). "Andrea Lawlor: 'TERFs? I don't think they're either radical or feminist'". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2020.