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With Washington proving yet again this week it immune not only to the spirit of Christmas, but to any other effort at achieving good will, it was refreshing to pick up a book by a politician who counsels respect and compromise. Pam Iorio w
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Brooklyn fashion blogger Rachel Tutera knows that you might not see her the way she sees herself. Theres a weird tendency in people to panic when they cant tell if youre a man or a woman, or how you may identify, Tutera, 30, said. There are people who find me provocative in a way that I dont exactly understand. As a gender non-conforming person, someone who behaves and appears in ways that are considered atypical for ones sex assigned at birth, Tutera said she feels constant stress and anxiety from the outside world. Whether Im read as what I am, which is a masculine-presenting woman, or if Im read as a feminine-presenting man, theres a lot of danger there physical danger, Tutera said. Ive gotten shoved by
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