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passing (identity)  

Definition(s)

  • The term passing signifies the actions of an individual who lives temporarily or full-time in an identity to which he or she is seen as not having an authentic or legitimate claim. People may pass because of fear of persecution, such as a gay man working in a blue-collar job who creates fictive girlfriends so as to avoid homophobic violence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Passing]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QV97630Z-M

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