What is Jane's Leather Jacket?

Jane’s leather jacket is a symbol for her involvement in the early LGBTQ rights movement. The jacket signals her experience in the 1960s when cross-dressing to rebel against gender stereotypes was deeply rooted in queer culture. While Jane exists within the twenty first century throughout the narrative present, her character’s identity is grounded in her past life and experiences as a gay woman in the 1970s. The jacket serves as a reminder to the reader that Jane is from an early point in history.