In “Aligning Bodies,” Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore bring to light the burdens endured by people in our society that don’t necessarily fit into preconceived notions of sex and gender. On a daily basis there are issues they must consider: when filling out forms that ask for their sex, when going to the restroom and when showing legal documents that may not match the gender they identify with. Transgender people may or may not have surgery on their chest and/or genitalia and/or face or other surgery and may choose to use hormone therapy. Some people are born with ambiguous genitalia or with genitals or chromosomes of both sexes. Yet others may identify as a gender different than their birth sex and choose to not alter their body physically. There is a wide spectrum of people in our world that don’t neatly fit into the “F” and “M” boxes. Society and individuals need to ...
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