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In this documentary, director Rhys Ernst tells the previously untold histories of transgender pioneers. Trans people have always been here, throughout time, often hidden in plain sight.
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Alexandra BillingsHerself
Valerie Spencer- Vittorio Wyatt Gray
Marsha P. Johnson
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