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I've always loved my body, and now I love it even more because it fits how I feel. -Jessy Learn your pronouns because I don't want to have to slap somebody tonight. -Christina Transition? Everyone goes through one kind of transition or another. We go through transitions every day. Except mine is maybe a little more extreme. -Mariah Being trans is not the next step to being gay. They are similar in that they are both breaking gender rules. -Cameron When people say I look male or female, it messes up my head. -Nat My family was okay with me being gay, but trans was a different issue for them. I think a lot of it was because they had no experience with it. -Luke In Beyond Magenta, six teens tell what it is like for them to be members of the transgender community.

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Susan Kuklin is the award-winning author and photographer of more than thirty books for children and young adults that address social issues and culture, including No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row and Dance with Bill T. Jones. Her photographs have appeared in documentary films and in major newspapers and magazines, including Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times. For Beyond Magenta, Kuklin interviewed, photographed, and then created individual profiles of teenagers in the transgender community. Susan Kuklin lives in New York City with her husband. Tanya Eby is an Audie-nominated narrator as well as a novelist and blogger. She has narrated books in a variety of genres, but some of her favorites are series by Tess Gerritsen, Alex Kava, and Susan Mallery. Find her at tanyaeby.com to learn more about her voice work and her own quirky writing. Nick Podehl has been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2010 and 2011. He has narrated many young adult, fantasy, and romance titles, several of which have won awards, and has appeared in a number of theatrical productions and independent films. Todd Haberkorn has worked in a variety of animated pieces, video games, and e-books. His vocal stylings can be heard in Dragon Ball Z (animation), Super Street Fighter IV (video game), and as Link in the manga adaptation of The Legend of Zelda (print). Todd is also an on camera actor for film and television. Roxanne Hernandez's voice can be heard in dozens of books, including several series: The Beacon Street Girls, by Annie Bryant, Secrets of my Hollywood Life, by Jen Calonita and Above the Line, by Karen Kingsbury. In addition to narrating audio books, she has appeared on stage in the roles of Jocasta (Oedipus Rex), Masha (The Seagull) and Banquo (Macbeth). Roxanne is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French and has lived throughout the United States and Brazil. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children, who listen to audio books during long trips up the California coast. Janina Edwards is a graduate of the Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in Atlanta, GA. Nancy Wu has performed numerous young adult audiobooks. In animation, she has been a principal character on Nickelodeon's 3 Delivery. She also appeared in Frozen River, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner. Nancy has appeared on Law & Order, Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, and All My Children, and is an originating member of theAtrainplays.

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