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  • 7/17/2025
The legacy of Billy Tipton, a 20th-century American jazz musician and trans icon, is brought to life by a diverse group | dG1fRkhENlFUQUFJYkU
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00:00Billy Tipton was so ahead of his years.
00:03Auditioning for the role of Billy.
00:05Billy Tipton was another trans man who was living a life that I could see myself in.
00:11Those of us in this generation, we are public in a way that so many trans people before us haven't been able to be.
00:16I'm here for the role of Billy.
00:18He feels like he's the only person in the world who's like him.
00:21I've had that moment.
00:22It's scary when centuries of your survival have been based on not being seen.
00:30It's scary when you're just two years old.
00:32So we're going to find that we have to keep going in the world.
00:34All right.
00:36We'll be right back to you next time.
00:38I have room for you.
00:40And we'll be right back here next time.
00:42One's question.
00:43Is this a way to take care of going into a building?
00:46Is this a way to take care of going into a building?
00:48We're going to take care of going into a building.
00:50It's our third building.
00:52It's our third building.
00:54We're going to take care of going to kind of a building.
00:56It's our second building.

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