Karleen Pendleton Jiménez is an American-Canadian writer and academic. She is best known for her 2000 book ''Are You a Boy or a Girl?'', a 2001 Lambda Literary Award finalist which was adapted into the 2008 film ''

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'', and her 2011 memoir ''How to Get a Girl Pregnant'', a 2012 Lambda Literary Award finalist."Toronto writers up for Lambda Literary awards"
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'', May 10, 2012. Originally from

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, she is currently a full professor in the School of Education at

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."The disappearing Butch?" '' The Current'', May 27, 2013. In addition to her literary work, she also co-edited, with Isabel Killoran, the academic anthology ''Unleashing the Unpopular: Talking About Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Education''.

Works

*''Are You a Boy or a Girl?'' (2000, ) *''Unleashing the Unpopular'' (2009, ) *''How to Get a Girl Pregnant'' (2011, ) *''Tomboys and Other Gender Heroes: Confessions from the Classroom'' (2016, ) *''The Street Belongs to Us'' (2021, )

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