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J.T. LeRoy: The Last Literary Rockstar

Missing Pages: An Investigative Podcast on the Book Publishing Industry

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Introduction

Cross-dressing as comedy is nothing new. Up until recently, gender-nonconforming characters were written into stories either as a punchline or psychopathic serial killer. To say the least, in the late 90s and 2000s, the media was doing a pretty terrible job at humanizing trans people. We'll be discussing suicide, sexual abuse, along with controversial mental health diagnoses on this episode of Missing Pages.

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