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Culture
What Makes a ‘Real’ Woman? Welcome to the New Liberal Transphobia
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Author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie doesn’t believe trans women are women because they once had the ‘privilege’ of being men. And she’s not alone.
Samantha Allen
Published
Mar. 15 2017
12:00AM EDT
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