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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"I'm going by 'they' now. I'm gender retired. I'm no good at gender."<ref name="NMP" /> | "I'm going by 'they' now. I'm gender retired. I'm no good at gender."<ref name="NMP" /> | ||
"I was tired of often being expected to perform a male role because my pronoun was 'he.' After so many years fighting to be called 'he' and having people ask me when I was going to modify my body (physically [[transition]]), I realized that for me being trans is not about being read as a man or changing my body. I am happy with the body that I have. What I'm unhappy with is the way things are gendered by society in general. I don't feel like I want to carry out a male or a female gender role. Gender-neutral pronouns made sense to me personally and felt like the right decision."<ref name="tumblr 2012">{{Cite web |title=Instead Of An Interview With Xtra |first=Rae |last=Spoon |work=Rae Spoon Tumblr |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://raespoon.tumblr.com/post/15242754277/instead-of-an-interview-with-xtra}}</ref> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
