![]() Califia came out as a lesbian in 1971 while attending college. In the 1970s, Califia's parents had him admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and he dropped out of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, due to his mental state. ![]() Ĭalifia recalled one incident where he told his parents he wanted to be a train engineer, and they told him he couldn't because he was a girl. ![]() Califia has said he did not have a good childhood, claiming that his father was an angry and violent man and his mother a pious woman. His father was a construction worker and his mother a housewife. He grew up in Utah in a Latter-day Saint family, the eldest of six children. Califia is a member of the third-wave feminism movement.Ĭalifia was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1954 and assigned female at birth. ![]() His writings explore sexuality and gender identity, and have included lesbian erotica and works about BDSM subculture. Prior to transitioning, Califia identified as a lesbian and wrote for many years a sex advice column for the gay men's leather magazine Drummer. Patrick Califia (born 1954 formerly also known as Pat Califia and by the last name Califia-Rice) is an American writer of non-fiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry. ![]() Pat Califia Pat Califia-Rice Patrick Califia-Rice ![]()
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