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LOVE & ACTIVISM

In 2014, trans activist Andy Marra wrote a piece for HuffPost about looking for love in all the wrong faces, and finding many cis men too “fearful of anyone questioning their masculinity… [or] doubting their sexual orientation” to publicly date transgender women.

“We live in a world where trans women—especially Black and brown trans women—are considered unworthy of dignity, respect, and love,” Marra tells now. “We also live in a reality where

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