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Set in a small town called Arrow Catcher, Mississippi, Lewis Nordan writes a short story named, “The All-Girl Football Team”, and it tells a story of a young boy entering his junior year of high school who has no choice but to struggle with his sexuality and gender. His father enjoys dressing up in drag but Lewis still feels like his father is manlier then anyone he knows even though wearing a dress will always be an option for his father. In the story Lewis continuously talks about how much his father enjoys putting on those drag shows with the rest of the dads in town to raise money for a charity. He also mentions how every Halloween it never fails but his father goes to the door dressed as a woman to hand out candy to the children in the

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