Big Freedia

offbeat.com – by Sam Levine

For those who have been asleep – or maybe just living outside of New Orleans – Big Freedia is a transsexual rapper of “bounce,” a New Orleans-style party music wherein the MC exists almost entirely to tell you exactly ho…

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BATTISTA v. CLARKE

leagle.com

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In 1983, in state court in Massachusetts, Sandy Battista (born “David Megarry”) was convicted of the rape of a child, robbery, and kidnapping. After serving that sentence, Battista was involuntarily committed in …

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I Was Born a Boy

marieclaire.com – By Janet Mock as told to Kierna Mayo

The flight to Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport felt far longer than I’d imagined. It was Christmas break during my freshman year at the University of Hawaii, and I was 18, anxious, and alone. After …

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