Cyrus Grace Dunham
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| Date of birth | January 28, 1992 |
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| Place of birth | New York City, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender identity | nonbinary |
| Occupation | writer and activist |
| Known for | A Year Without a Name |
Cyrus Grace Dunham (born January 28, 1992) is an American writer and activist. Dunham is nonbinary and has used "he", "she", and "they" pronouns,[1] preferring "they" in professional contexts.[2] In 2019 they published the memoir A Year Without a Name which covers their gender exploration, substance abuse, and family issues including their famous older sister Lena Dunham.
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"I guess, in a deep soul way, I definitely identify as non-binary, but I also know that I've had a transmasculine experience. And increasingly when I meet people, they experience me as a man.
I think I'm transmasculine and non-binary and also maybe forever lesbian."[3]
"My performance of 'girlhood' left me dissociated from myself and the world around me. The polite, articulate young woman everyone else encountered felt almost like a hologram; I had the sense I was hiding something monstrous, though I had no idea how to articulate what that monstrousness was. [...] My own life has often felt like a video game or a movie to me, my consciousness projected into an awkward, gangly, white 'female' avatar. One thing I know is that writing about myself as a character helped a more authentic me wrest away some of that person’s power."[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Grace Dunham Lifts The Lid On Being Non-Binary In A Privileged World". Konbini - All Pop Everything!. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ Burt, Stephanie (November 2019). "Ways of Being: Three new books explore the variety of transgender experiences". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ↑ Masters, Jeffrey (15 October 2019). "Writer Cyrus Grace Dunham Shows How Messy Gender Can Be". advocate.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ Dunham, Cyrus Grace (6 November 2019). "Cyrus Grace Dunham: 'Pretending to Be a Girl for Much of My Life Made Hiding the Norm, Not the Exception'". Glamour. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
