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| gender=[[masculine]] but not a [[man]]<ref name="muth_ANDR">{{Cite web |title=ANDREA LAWLOR on Why Hart Doesn’t Have Two Mommies |last=Lawlor |first=Andrea |work=Mutha Magazine |date=25 March 2014 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= http://www.muthamagazine.com/2014/03/andrea-lawlor-on-why-hart-doesnt-have-two-mommies/}}</ref> | | gender=[[masculine]] but not a [[man]]<ref name="muth_ANDR">{{Cite web |title=ANDREA LAWLOR on Why Hart Doesn’t Have Two Mommies |last=Lawlor |first=Andrea |work=Mutha Magazine |date=25 March 2014 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= http://www.muthamagazine.com/2014/03/andrea-lawlor-on-why-hart-doesnt-have-two-mommies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321042914/https://www.muthamagazine.com/2014/03/andrea-lawlor-on-why-hart-doesnt-have-two-mommies/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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'''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.<ref name="Orlando">{{Cite web |title=15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support |last=Orlando |first=Christina |work=BOOK RIOT |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://bookriot.com/trans-non-binary-authors/}}</ref> One journalist described the book as "the Great Queer American Novel".<ref name="Abraham">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Lawlor explores the wild possibilities of sexual-shapeshifting |last=Abraham |first=Amelia |work=Dazed |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview}}</ref> | '''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.<ref name="Orlando">{{Cite web |title=15 Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Writers to Support |last=Orlando |first=Christina |work=BOOK RIOT |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://bookriot.com/trans-non-binary-authors/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202080239/https://bookriot.com/trans-non-binary-authors/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> One journalist described the book as "the Great Queer American Novel".<ref name="Abraham">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Lawlor explores the wild possibilities of sexual-shapeshifting |last=Abraham |first=Amelia |work=Dazed |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204160540/https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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 [[Gender_neutral_language_in_English#Parent|Baba]] to describe their relationship to their child.<ref name="muth_ANDR" /> | 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 [[Gender_neutral_language_in_English#Parent|Baba]] to describe their relationship to their child.<ref name="muth_ANDR" /> | ||
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.<ref name="Nolan">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Lawlor: 'TERFs? I don't think they're either radical or feminist' |last=Nolan |first=Megan |work=Huck Magazine |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/books-art-and-culture/terfs-i-dont-think-theyre-either-radical-or-feminist/}}</ref> | In 2019, a representative from the NYC Trans Oral History Project interviewed Lawlor, who spoke about their experiences in '90s NYC queer activism, fabulist trans literature, and being a [[family|nonbinary parent]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://partner.archive-it.org/missing_url_record?getJS=true&type=count&collId=14173&checkBefore=20230719060548&cPage=http%3A%2F%2Foralhistory.nypl.org%2Finterviews%2Fandrea-lawlor-c98534×tamp=20200911235327|title=NYPL Community Oral History Project {{!}} NYC Trans Oral History Project {{!}} Andrea Lawlor|website=wayback.archive-it.org|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719060552/https://partner.archive-it.org/missing_url_record?getJS=true&type=count&collId=14173&checkBefore=20230719060548&cPage=http%3A%2F%2Foralhistory.nypl.org%2Finterviews%2Fandrea-lawlor-c98534×tamp=20200911235327|archive-date=2023-07-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref name="Nolan">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Lawlor: 'TERFs? I don't think they're either radical or feminist' |last=Nolan |first=Megan |work=Huck Magazine |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |url= https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/books-art-and-culture/terfs-i-dont-think-theyre-either-radical-or-feminist/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329072806/https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/books-art-and-culture/terfs-i-dont-think-theyre-either-radical-or-feminist/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
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