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Gender Identity In James Dean's Pronoun '

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Pronoun is a play about a young transgender teenager, Dean (Izabella), trying to come with terms with her decision to identify as a male. At the beginning of the play, Dean looks at himself in the mirror and instead of seeing his reflection; he sees the reflection of James Dean. Throughout the play, Dean talks to James Dean about the difficulties that he is having with his gender identity/transition. One of Dean’s major struggles with his transition was his relationship with his former boyfriend, Josh. Josh is still in love with Dean and still wants them to have a relationship. This struggle is one the both Josh and Dean have. Josh does not want to be seen and gay, and Dean wants to identify with the way he feels on the inside and not sure

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