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I am a Queer writer and filmmaker who specializes in narrative based transgender stories. I have written screenplays that have won awards at film festivals globally and my works have been on exhibit at The Museum of Sex, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Roxy Cinema, and the Leslie Lohman gallery.
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Transman in a Ballet Studio: The Weirdest Job Ever Seen

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This is a humorous narrative nonfiction account of the strangest job I ever had working for a kooky fitness guru in Manhattan for six years.
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