Sunday, September 20, 2009

Breaking down the myth of two sexes

Nicky Phillips says gender is not either/or


BY AMY O’BRIAN , VANCOUVER SUNSEPTEMBER 20, 2009 8:38 AM

Nicky Phillips never thought of herself as anything but a girl.

As a child, growing up in the 1940s and ’50s, she wore little-girl dresses, shiny shoes, and bobby socks. When she got a bit older, she started to wear lipstick and pearls and fuss about her hair.

Puberty brought with it the same uncertainty and awkwardness it brings most young women. But in Phillips’s case, her body wasn’t changing in the same ways it was for other girls.

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BY AMY O’BRIAN , VANCOUVER SUNSEPTEMBER 20, 2009 8:38 AM

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