Back in April 2000, I had barely started my transition. I was just starting to go out in public.
I got drawn into an on-the-street interview for a local talk show, made by trans people for trans people. That's when my landlord (who didn't know I was trans) showed up!
https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/watch-me-come-out-to-my-landlord-back-in-2000/
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