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May 2015
1h 49m

#15: Chris Angel Murphy

Joel Kutz
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The 27-year-old talks about identifying as transgender and genderqueer, the bullying and abuse they experienced growing up, feeling suicidal in foster care, and forgiving their father before his death.

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