Alok Vaid-Menon: Trans People Have Always Existed

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Alok Vaid-Menon: Trans People Have Always Existed

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“What feminine part of yourself did you have to kill in order to survive in the world?” Alok Vaid-Menon talks about the past, present, and future of gender.
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