For much of human history, heterosexual pairings may have been considered the norm, but for the rest of the animal kingdom, they’re anything but. The gender-fluid world Le Guin imagined-what she called a "thought experiment" in sexual politics-shattered barriers when it was released in 1969, and continues to make waves today.īut it’s not as far outside the realm of possibility as it may seem-if you know where to look. By contrast, interstellar visitors who enter with just one sexual identity, and in constant estrus, are initially considered perverted sexual deviants. Once a month they enter an estrus-like state known as "kemmer," temporarily adopting the guise of either “male” or “female” with a sexual partner of their choosing. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, the humanoid inhabitants of the planet Gethen live most of their lives as androgynous, sexless beings.
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