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 Pauli Murray died of pancreatic cancer on July 1, 1985, being aged 74.<ref name="LPC" />
-==Gender==
+==Gender and orientation==
-Pauli wrote to their family and referred to themself as a "he/she personality". If Pauli was alive today, they might identify as [[nonbinary]], [[genderqueer]], or another [[gender variant]] term. Pauli did attempt multiple times to access gender [[transition]] care, including [[hormone therapy]], but they were denied by [[gatekeeper]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pronouns & Pauli Murray |author= |work=Pauli Murray Center |date= |access-date=27 February 2022 |url= https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/pronouns-pauli-murray}}</ref>
+In addition to stopping use of their feminine birth name, Pauli wrote to their family and referred to themself as a "he/she personality". If Pauli was alive today, they might identify as [[nonbinary]], [[genderqueer]], or another [[gender variant]] term. Pauli did attempt multiple times to access gender [[transition]] care, including [[hormone therapy]], but they were denied by [[gatekeeper]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pronouns & Pauli Murray |author= |work=Pauli Murray Center |date= |access-date=27 February 2022 |url= https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/pronouns-pauli-murray}}</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>{{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}}</ref>
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