At the Human Library, you can borrow human ’books’ like transgendered Alf Ravn or Sofie Mathisen, who hears voices, and confront your prejudices. In a world full of hostility, it’s more important than ever, says the founder.

Alf Ravn was confronted with an unpleasant question at the bank: Do you have a penis or a vagina?

30-year-old Alf Ravn has been a book in the Human Library for nine years. Alf chose the name because it sounds gender-neutral. A bit like a creature, says Alf. Foto: Cecilie Rolvung
30-year-old Alf Ravn has been a book in the Human Library for nine years. Alf chose the name because it sounds gender-neutral. A bit like a creature, says Alf. Foto: Cecilie Rolvung
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Alf Ravn, who identifies as ’it,’ still remembers the day. It was supposed to just stop by the bank to open an account when the employee asked: Do you have a penis or a vagina?

It was strange. Inappropriate. Unpleasant, Alf Ravn recalls.

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