Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move a crowd.

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  My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they

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  I had a lot of fights in high school.

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  I feel like if Hollywood can stretch for inclusion and intersectionality, and being intentional wit

• Trace Lysette:

  Everyone has a voice. I mean, that's the good side to the Internet Age and social media. Obviously,

• Trace Lysette:

  It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

• Trace Lysette:

  Oftentimes, I feel like, because of my cisnormative look or my aesthetics, that sometimes my talent

• Trace Lysette:

  I think it's really important to understand that every trans story is not the same, and we are as v

• Trace Lysette:

  I don't have shame around where I've been or what I've done to survive to get to where I'm at in my

• Trace Lysette:

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