To say that a misunderstanding of sexuality and gender is just a Greek cultural phenomena is to simplistic. This also goes beyond the fact that Cal’s grandparents were brother and sister and extends further into how sexuality, gender, and gender roles are treated. Cal’s story does take off in this section of the novel which is arguably a crucial story-line, however, to understand how and why Cal grows up the way they do, it is important to look at the family’s history.
Many people suggest that the ‘real’ story does not begin until about page 200 (roughly halfway through the novel), although I would argue that this is not the case. It would be easy to talk all day about the complexities of this novel as well as Eugenides’ exquisite prose writing, however, I wanted to look at the way that LGBTQIA and specifically intersex identities are treated in the novel. Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel Middlesex is a breathtaking inter-generational novel that addresses issues of the complex history of Eastern Europe, Greek identity, Greek-American identity, growing up in the U.S., and intersex and other LGBTQA identities.
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