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"I couldn’t escape the feeling that there was something different about me."
The former Olympian, who publicly identified as transgender in 2015, said she now sees herself politically as "economically conservative, socially progressive."
"I want to be brave like you," Zachary Ro told the openly gay candidate at a rally in Denver.
"I was born in the wrong body, which means I am transgender," said the 25-year-old makeup artist in an emotional 17-minute post.
A place that had once been so safe and happy became full of anxiety, sadness and fear.
The tech impresario was honored for his LGBTQ advocacy work at the 2019 GLSEN Respect Awards in Los Angeles.
Reflecting on discrimination and stigma, the rapper said that as a boy, he prayed being gay was a phase he'd grow out of.