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Gregorio Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee Pet - Akwaeke Emezi Provenance - Ann Leckie The Red Threads of Fortune - Neon Yang Starless - Jacqueline Carey Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin Treason of Hawks - Lila Bowen The Unintentional Time Traveler - Everett Maroon Wandering Son and Wandering Son v.2-v.6 (Anime) - Shimura Takako When the Moon Was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622746955756-8A7J5YVOIN58RCLUPJ77/unsplash-image-dG-zAnqupOA.jpg Trans* Resources - Elementary Age / Picture Books Picture Books Ana on the Edge - A.J. Sass Are You a Boy or a Girl - Sarah Savage and Fox Fisher Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine (The Kids Under the Stairs) - K.A. Holt Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope - Jodie Patterson Both Can Be True - Jules Machias Calvin - JR Ford and Vanessa Ford Cattywampus - Ash Van Otterloo Ciel in All Directions - Sophie Labelle The Deep and Dark Blue - Niki Smith The Fabulous Zed Watson! - Basil Sylvester From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea - Kai Cheng Thom He’s My Mom - Sarah Savage Ho’onani: Hula Warrior - Heather Gale I am Jazz - Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship - Jess Walton It Feels Good to Be Yourself - A Book About Gender Identity - Theresa Thorn Jack (Not Jackie) - Erica Silverman Jacob’s New Dress - Sarah and Ian Hoffman Jacob’s School Play: Starring He, She, and They - Sarah and Ian Hoffman Jamie and Bubbie: A Book About People’s Pronouns - Afsaneh Moradian Julian is a Mermaid - Jessica Love Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan Meet Polkadot - Talcott Broadhead Melissa - Alex Gino The Moon Within - Aida Salazar My Maddy - Gayle Pitman My Rainbow - Trinity and DeShanna Neal My Sister, Daisy - Adria Karlsson Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress - Christine Baldacchino Neither - Airlie Anderson The Nonbinary Bunny - Maia Kobabe Not Quite Narwhal - Jessie Sima Peanut Goes for the Gold - Jonathan Van Ness Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children - Michelle Finch and Phoenix Finch Red: A Crayon’s Story - Michael Hall Riding Freedom - Pam Muñoz Ryan She’s My Dad - Sarah Savage Snapdragon - Kat Leyh Stacey’s Not a Girl - Colt Keo-Meier, PhD Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History - Joy Michael Ellison and Teshika Silver 10,000 Dresses - Marcus Ewert They Call Me Mix / Me Llaman Maestre (Bilingual) - Lourdes Rivas They, She, He, Easy as ABC - Maya Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez They, She, He, Me Free to Be! - Maya Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us - Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby Too Bright to See - Kyle Lukoff Vincent the Vixen - Alice Reeves What are Your Words - Katherine Locke What Makes a Baby - Cory Silverberg When Aiden Became a Brother, Hooray!! - Kyle Lukoff Who am I? I am me! A Book to Explore Gender Equality, Gender Stereotyping, Acceptance and Diversity - Jayneen Sanders Who Are You?: The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity - Brooke Pessin-Whedbee You Need to Chill - Juno Dawson Zenobia July - Lisa Bunker Coloring Books Trans Affirmation Coloring Book - Theo Nicole Lorenz The Transgender Heroes Coloring Book - Tara Madison Avery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622731025873-E53AY0ROU7QXC86OY6P6/unsplash-image-lUaaKCUANVI.jpg Trans* Resources - Books for Adults Education A Clinician’s Guide to Gender Affirming Care - Sand C. Chang The Autistic Trans Guide to Life - Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child - Anna Bianchi Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity - C. Riley Snorton Conscious Parent’s Guide to Gender Identity - Darlene Tando Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Trans* - Bryn Tannehill Female Husbands: A Trans History - Jen Manion Gender Born, Gender Made - Diane Ehrensaft, PhD The Gender Creative Child - Diane Ehrensaft Helping Your Transgender Teen - Irwin Krieger How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity - Stuart Getty Raising My Rainbow - Lori Duron Trans Bodies, Trans Selves - Laura Erikson-Schroth Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You - Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution - Susan Stryker The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals - Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens - Stephanie Brill and Lisa Kenney Transgressive - Rachel Anne Williams Workbooks The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression - Anneliese Singh, Phd, LPC The Reflective Workbook for Parents and Families of Transgender and Nonbinary Children - D.M. Maynard Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People in our Lives - Davey Shlasko Trans Bodies, Trans Selves - Laura Erickson-Schroth Transgender Children and Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy with Families in Transition - Elijah C. Nealy The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions - Jo Green Transitioning in the Workplace: A Guidebook - Dana Pizzuti The Voice Book for Trans and Nonbinary People: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Authentic Voice and Communication - Mathew Mills and Gillie Stoneham True Stories Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family - Amy Nutt The Bold World - Jodie Patterson He’s Always Been My Son: A Mother’s Story about Raising her Transgender Son - Janna Barkin I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a Transgender Child - Cheryl B. Evans Intersection - Noah Adams and Bridget Liang It Never Goes Away: Gender Transition at a Mature Age - Dr. Anne Koch Not Just a Tomboy - Caspar J. Baldwin Raising Ryland - Hillary Whittington She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders - Jennifer Finney Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir) - Jackson Bird The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male - Max Wolf Valerio Tomorrow Will Be Different - Sarah McBride Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue - Leslie Feinberg (a collection of speeches on liberation) Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us - CN Lester Trans Love (An Anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices - Freiya Benson Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman - Laura Kate Dale What We Will Become: A Mother, A Son, and A Journey of Transformation - Mimi Lemay XOXY: A Memoir - Kimberly Zieselman (Intersex Identity) Fiction An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters First Spring Grass Fire - Rae Spoon Long Macchiatos and Monsters - Alison Evans Mask of Shadows - Linsey Miller Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides Nevada - Imogen Binnie On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden (graphic novel) The Black Tides of Heaven ( The Tensorate Series, 1) - Neon Yang The Thirty Names of Night - Zeyn Juokhadar This is How it Always Is - Laurie Frankel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622891842439-XV2DWLKE604QMB6RTGXV/unsplash-image-tq8Cuap8_wY.jpg Trans* Resources - Manga/Anime After School Nightmare: Mashiro Ichijo is a girls' idol, handsome and kind, but he has been hiding a secret all his life; he's not truly male, nor entirely female. Boys Run the Riot: This series follows a transgender high school boy named Ryo Watari and his struggles in a school setting that does not accept his gender. His interest in men's fashion leads to him to befriend Jin Sato, a cisgender boy who is also an outcast. Claudine: The story is narrated by an unnamed psychiatrist as he reflects on the life and loves of Claude, the child of an aristocratic French family in the early 20th century. Assigned female at birth, Claude (born and often referred to throughout the story as Claudine) has identified as a boy since the age of eight; Claude's parents take him to the psychiatrist, who befriends Claude after confirming that he is in good health. The Day of Revolution: The Day of Revolution revolves around Kei Yoshikawa, a boy in high school who one day is informed that he is genetically female. This shocking realization causes his family to grow closer together and Kei decides that he is going to restart his life as a girl named Megumi. IS: Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei: The first volume is a collection of stories about two different intersex characters and their separate troubles. Volumes 2 and onward deal with the life of intersex Haru Hoshino, starting just before his birth and continuing past high school. Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl: At the start of Kashimashi, a young high school boy named Hazumu Osaragi declares his love to classmate and close friend Yasuna Kamiizumi, but she quickly rejects him. Dejected, Hazumu climbs Mt. Kashima and is killed when an alien spacecraft accidentally crash lands on him. To rectify this, the alien in the ship named Hitoshi Sora brings Hazumu back to life, but inadvertently regenerates him as a female right down to the DNA level. This change in Hazumu serves as the catalyst for the development of character interactions for the remainder of the series. Love Me for Who I Am: Love Me for Who I Am follows non-binary high school student Mogumo, who lives away from their family home. At school, fellow student Tetsu Iwaoka invites them to work at Question!, a maid café. Mogumo signs on, happy at first because they can present how they want, but soon discovers the reason Tetsu invited them to work there was because he mistook them for a cross-dressing boy. Incensed, Mogumo tells Iwaoka not to assume their gender based on presentation – causing Iwaoka (and the rest of the maid cafe's staff) to re-think what they know about gender. Majitora! Minami Maki, a high school student, joins the Magical Girl Club, thinking it to be centred around cosplaying. However, much to their shock, they discover that using an app the club's president invented turns anyone into a magical girl for real. Subsequently, they start exploring their gender identity and expression in their magical girl form, along with their childhood friend Karin Saku and the club's president Chiyoko Teruto. Nononono: Nono Nonomiya is a girl with exceptional skill in ski jumping who is hoping to fulfill her father's and her brother's dreams of winning the gold medal at the Olympics. However, since Woman's Ski Jumping isn't a recognized Olympic category, Nono must cross-dress and disguise herself as her twin brother, Yuuta Nonomiya, in order to be eligible to compete. Paradise Kiss: This series features a trangender character who serves as a mother figure to the members of ParaKiss. Princess Knight: Taking place in a medieval European-like fairy tale setting, Princess Knight is the story of Sapphire who must pretend to be a male prince so she can inherit the throne of Silverland as women are not eligible to do so. As she is born, her father, the King, announces his baby is a boy instead of a girl. Wandering Son: The story depicts a young student named Shuichi Nitori, described by the author as a trans and Shuichi's friend Yoshino Takatsuki, described as a trans boy. The series deals with issues such as being transgender, gender identity, and the beginning of puberty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622752023196-QZVF66CWS4ZEU9CSKGC2/unsplash-image-IuAN4UzsPKU.jpg Trans* Resources Movies A Fantastic Woman (Sony Pictures Classics): Transgender opera singer Daniela Vega stars as Marina, a Santiago nightclub chanteuse in the process of moving in with her dashing, much older lover, Orlando The Craft: Legacy (Blumhouse/Sony): The film skirts the line between letting the audience know Lourdes is trans without focusing her entire plot line around her trans identity. When she jokes about not being able to relate to an incident involving a period mishap, her friends acknowledge their carelessness and then quickly move on. It’s encouraging to see a young trans character surrounded by supportive friends, and it highlights how rare such respectful portrayals are. The Danish Girl: A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Drunktown’s Finest: Three young Native Americans - an adopted Christian girl, a rebellious father-to-be, and a transexual person - strive to escape hardships of life on an Indian reservation. Girl (Netflix): Fifteen-year-old ballet dancer Lara faces physical and emotional hurdles as she prepares for gender confirmation surgery. Lingua Franca (Netflix): Despite its flaws, there is much to admire in Lingua Franca’s sensitive depiction of a trans woman’s experiences, its assured visual storytelling, and its careful avoidance of tired tropes. Ma Vie En Rose: This Belgian film tells the story of Ludovic, a child who is seen by family and community as a boy, but consistently communicates being a girl. Red Without Blue: The intimate bond between two identical twin brothers is challenged when one decides to transition from male to female; this is the story of their evolving relationship, and the resurrection of their family from a darker past. Tangerine (Magnolia Films): A comedy-drama that follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend is a pimp and has been cheating on her. Transfinite: A sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (Vertical Entertainment): A beautiful coming-of-age film written by Olivia Dufault, a transgender woman, about the fears and emotions trans people may experience as they approach transition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622750367614-NX356A5GDCQ10GOWMZ19/unsplash-image-2uwFEAGUm6E.jpg Trans* Resources - Documentaries Always Jane (Amazon Prime): A four-part coming-of-age docuseries which spotlights transgender teenager Jane Noury and her family as she nears her high school graduation and prepares for college. A Place in the Middle: The true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula group at her school, and a teacher who empowers her through traditional culture. This kid-friendly educational film is a great way to get students thinking and talking about the values of diversity and inclusion, the power of knowing your heritage, and how to prevent bullying by creating a school climate of aloha – from their own point of view! After Stonewall (Amazon Prime): A film that follows the gay rights movement in the aftermath of the Stonewall uprising. Be Like Others: Transexuals in Iran (PBS International): An intimate look at life in Iran through the eyes of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery. Beautiful Darling, The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar: A documentary that chronicles Candy Darling, a transgender pioneer and Andy Warholl superstar. Beautiful Daughters: This documentary follows a group of transgender women putting on the first all-transgender production of “The Vagina Monologues,” including a new monologue. Before Stonewall (Amazon Prime): A film that follows the history of the gay rights movement before the Stonewall uprising. Bixa Travesty: A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a Black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo, Brazil. Born to Be: A documentary about the first major American hospital (Mt. Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in NYC) center for transgender surgery. This film follows both physicians and patients as they navigate their transition-related health care. Call her Ganda: When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case–an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude)–galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of US imperialism. Changing the Game (Hulu): A film that follows the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens. Cruel and Unusual: In this documentary, five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix): This film chronicles Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, prominent figures in gay liberation and transgender rights movement in NYC from the 1960s to 1990s. The film centers on activist Victoria Cruz’ investigation into Johnson’s death in 1992. Disclosure (Netflix): A look at Hollywood’s depiction of transgender people and the impact of this on American culture. Equal (HBO Documentary Series): The four-part series chronicles landmark events and leaders in LGBTQ history, and consists of a mixture of archival footage and scripted reenactments. Faces and Facets of Transgender Experience: Eighteen people and their families share touching stories about the journey from despair and loss to the joy of being the gender they were meant to be. Diversity of ages, ethnicity and background of the interviewees put many faces on what it means to be gender variant. From Cece (Amazon Prime): On her way to the store with a group of friends, Chrishaun Reen “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked. While defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox. Growing up Coy: A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case. Kiki: This documentary takes place in NYC and focuses on the drag and voguing scene. This film is considered an unofficial sequel to Paris is Burning as it profiles several young LGBT people of color who participate in contemporary ballroom culture. Kumu Hina (PBS): A film about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the Westernized society of modern day Hawaiʻi. It is told through the lens of an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident māhū, or transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader. Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story: In this documentary, former U.S. Navy SEAL Kristin Beck embarks on a new mission as she lives her life truthfully as a transgender woman. Mala Mala: A documentary that highlights several stories from transgender individuals in Puerto Rico. The film also includes the historic victory of the LGBT community with the approval and signature of Law 238-2014 (in Puerto Rico), which prevents discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Mama Gloria (PBS): A documentary about Chicago’s Black transgender icon Gloria Allen, who blazed a trail for transgender people like few others before her. Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She: Examines the diversity of human sexual and gender variance around the globe, with commentary by scientific experts and first-hand accounts of people who do not conform to a simple male/female binary. No Dumb Questions: A lighthearted and poignant documentary that profiles three sisters, ages 6, 9, and 11, struggling to understand why and how their Uncle Bill is becoming a woman. P.S. Burn this Letter Please: P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a documentary film about New York City's drag community Paris is Burning: This film chronicles the ball culture of NYC and Black, Latinx, Gay and Transgender communities involved in it. Passing: This short documentary profiles the lives of three young transmen of color, detailing what life is like living as a black man, when no one knows you are transgender, and how each man perceives his own journey with gender. Pride (Netflix): A six-part documentary series chronicling the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000s. The Queen: A documentary that explores the experiences of drag queens organizing and participating in the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest held at NYC’s Town Hall. Real Boy (PBS): The intimate story of a family in transition, Real Boy, follows the journey of a transgender teenager Bennett as he navigates adolescence, sobriety, and the physical and emotional ramifications of his changing gender identity. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria: A film that documents transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC. The Trans List: In this documentary group portrait, eleven transgender people share their stories in their own words. The film shows the individuality and diverse perspectives of activists, artists, athletes, models, porn stars, military personnel, and entrepreneurs as they recount their experiences with love, desire, family, prejudice, and rebellion Transagenda: Transagenda is the first film created by Anna Andersen and Molly Stark-Ragsdale. This film tells the stories of two trans youth who have experienced homelessness in the recent past told through the lens of disposable photographs. Transformer (Netflix): This documentary tells the story of a champion powerlifter who faces personal and professional challenges during her transition into living as a woman. Transgender: At War and In Love: A transgender airman is deployed to Afghanistan as the gender he knows himself to be. But everyday he risks being discharged because outdated U.S. policy bans open trans service. Transhood (Hulu): An inspiring chronicle of the lives of four young people and their families as they navigate growing up transgender in America's heartland. Transmormon: This short documentary tracks the life of Eri Hayward, who was born and raised in Utah as a Mormon. Eri discusses how she had to come to terms with the fact that the gender she was assigned at birth was not the gender she knows herself to be. As she prepares for sex reassignment surgery, she and her parents recount her journey and how she has worked to reconcile her transgender identity with her religious beliefs as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV): A docuseries about the representation of LGBTQ+ people in television, both on-screen and behind the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe489a7dae61a2f197153fa/1622751892114-IK5N5MULPY3ABGZRXT2J/unsplash-image-XCBW03rNaNQ.jpg Trans* Resources - TV Shows 911 Lone Star (Fox): In this Firefighter Drama, Brian Michael Smith plays the character Paul Strickland, a firefighter/paramedic who is also a trans man. Billions (Showtime): In Season 2, Asia Kate Dillon is a nonbinary actor who plays Taylor, a nonbinary character. Butterfly (Hulu): Butterfly is about the acrimonious relationship between separated parents, Vicky and Stephen, and their division in opinion over how to support their gender variant child, Max. Dispatches from Elsewhere (AMC): Eve Lindley is a main character starring as Simone, a trans woman looking for a way out of her isolation. Euphoria (HBO): Hunter Schaefer plays Jules, one of the main characters of this drama that follows a group of high school students through their experiences of sex, drugs, friendships, love, identity and trauma. First Day (Hulu): A new Hulu series about a 12-year-old transgender girl, Hannah (Evie Macdonald), beginning middle school. Good Girls (NBC): The child of one of the main characters explores gender identity and comes out as transgender in beautifully affirming scene. Heartstopper (Netfliex): A series that follows a gay schoolboy who falls in love with his classmate. Yasmin Finney is a transgender actress who plays Elle, a transgender friend of the main character. The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime): In this reboot, creators work to remedy the poor representation of transgender men in the original series. There are two transgender men in the main cast. Pose (FX): This television series follows New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene in the 1980s and, in the second season, early 1990s. Saved By the Bell Reboot (Peacock): Josie Totah plays a main character who is transgender in this reboot. Sense8 (Netflix): This series centers on a group of people who discover they are "Sensates." It is LGBTQ-inclusive both in front of and behind the camera. Co-creators Lana and Lily Wachowski are transgender, as is actress Jamie Clayton. Clayton's character Nomi is also trans, and Miguel Ángel Silvestre's character, Lito, is a gay Latino actor coming to terms with his sexuality. Single Drunk Female (Hulu): Jojo Brown is a young trans actress who plays Mindy, a friend to the main character who is in recovery from substances Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access): In a first for the "Star Trek" franchise, characters who are gender-nonbinary and transgender will appear on the third season of "Star Trek: Discovery," Ian Alexander ("The OA") plays Gray, a trans man who has spent his life as a Trill planning to be a host for a symbiotic alien species that lives in different hosts over its lifetime. Blu del Barrio plays Adira, a nonbinary character who bonds with Lt. Commander Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz), the first same-sex couple in "Trek" TV series history. Supergirl (CW): Nicole Maines plays one of the first transgender superheroes in this series. She plays Nia Nal, and her transgender identity is part of her origin story. Transparent (Amazon Prime): This series follows a Los Angeles family and their lives following the discovery that the parent they knew as their father is a trans woman named Maura. Veneno (HBO Max): This series follows a young journalism student named Valeria (based on a memoir by Valeria Vegas) who finds she has a lot in common with 90s Spanish transgender icon Cristina Ortiz. 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