![]() ![]() I then got to the subsequent paragraph that detailed how Alok doesn’t remember much of their childhood since they spent most of their childhood feeling dismembered. Alok narrates how over time their body became its own closet. Avoidance of calling too much attention to themself. Upon landing at that page I gave the disclaimer, “OK but I’m going to start at the beginning of the paragraph on page 21 so we have some context.” I proceeded to read through the pages that paint the formative events in Alok’s high school life: attempting to fit in. “Try… Twenty-two,” he responded as I took a sip and cleared my throat. Exasperated by our collective sass I said, “OK fine, just pick another number.” His facial expression visibly vetoed my potential solution. “Ummm can we just do seven… teen instead?” I asked, observing his face. Such a page was not so useful for the purposes of this game. ![]() I flipped to page 7 realizing it was the introductory title page relatively vacant of text. Sipping his glass of red wine he said, “How about 7?” From collecting it at the mailbox, my partner and I went on a long walk, eventually stumbling across an open lower Manhattan wine bar.Īfter claiming seats at the one lonely table set outside, I coyly told him, “Pick a number between 5 and 63.” ![]() It was finally warm, finally June, and I had finally received the long-awaited copy of “ Beyond the Gender Binary” in the mail. ![]()
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