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Isle McElroy
Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene
"Desire is always silly, and self-serious, and enormous, and and and and and and."
By
Isle McElroy
| September 29, 2023
The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives
Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between
Being
and
Doing
Trans
By
Isle McElroy
| May 18, 2021
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