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00:02 When I was a male body, people would say

00:04 I was too feminine.

00:06 When I transitioned to a female,

00:09 people said I wasn't feminine enough to be a woman.

00:13 Survival looks different for different people.

00:16 For me, my safety, my existence,

00:19 I had to take different measures.

00:22 When I committed a crime, I did my time.

00:25 But people couldn't get away from classifying me

00:29 as a criminal, but those labels did not break me.

00:34 These labels have energized me to be the woman I am today

00:38 and to defy the limitations.

00:43 I'm proud to be an activist.

00:46 I'm proud to be a trans artist of color.

00:50 I'm proud to be beautiful.

00:52 I'm proud to be talented.

00:55 These are labels that you can smile about,

00:57 that make you want to wake up to the next day.

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