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Is Shirley Manson Friends With JT Leroy?
Imogen Binney wrote the award-winning cult classic novel, Nevada. It's about a 30-something trans woman working at a bookstore in Brooklyn who tries to stay true to her punk values while her life sort of implodes. Here Imogen is talking about her own experience coming out as trans while also trying to remember the first time she ever heard about JT Leroy. We talked about this earlier, but that queer anthem, Cherry Lips by Garbage's lead singer Shirley Manson, the lyrics and the story of the song are about J t Leroy's novel Sarah.
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