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Trans Activist Janet Mock Finds Her Voice

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I Love That You Had Hula Lessons Done

Mahoo is a native Hawaiian identity in term label for people who live outside of the gender binary largely. And I remember in the seventh grade my hula teacher was a Mahoo Bahini. So Kumaka Wa'i was this person that was just she took up space. She normalized you know gender nonconformity and being different in that sense. Then I met my best friend Wendy who clocked me at the playground and was just like bitch what are you trying to do here. Like we can turn this buzz cut into a holly berry do if you want.

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