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  Bettie Southern, septuagenarian Harley enthusiast

  ‘It’s freeing. You’ve got the wind in your face, and you just go.’

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Kelli Goldman
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  Jonathan Escobar, gender-bender

  'Why be called "gay" or "cross-dresser"? Why label? I'm only 16. I wanna have fun.'

  Vol. 38 No. 26 Published 10.28.09 by Benjamin Fisher
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  Monica Helms, transsexual Navy veteran

  ‘There were a lot of things that got in the way of me realizing what I was’

  Vol. 38 No. 23 Published 10.07.09 by Patrick Saunders
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  Sarahn Agyriwah-Henderson, midwife

  'I probably inherited my gift from my great-grandmother, who was what they called a "country doctor." The country doctor was also a midwife.'

  Vol. 38 No. 15 Published 08.12.09 by Candace Wheeler
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  Siri Sinclaire, video model

  "I don't think they value video girls as much as they used to, unless your name is really big. That's why we get treated the way we do ... ."

  Vol. 38 No. 13 Published 07.29.09 by Candace Wheeler
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  Roy Braswell, centenarian

  'It’s a good thing to live 100 years, but you will see a lot of things. I saw men hanging by their necks. ... We have to forget about that.'

  Vol. 38 No. 8 Published 06.24.09 by Candace Wheeler
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  Traici Sexton, bounty hunter

  ‘I like the success of finding someone. I like the end, the story.’

  Vol. 38 No. 1 Published 05.06.09 by Andy Nelson
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  Moctar Bayor, West African refugee and freedom fighter

  ‘The man who [was supposed] to kill me was a military man. ... The plan was to kill me in my car.’

  Vol. 37 No. 43 Published 02.25.09 by Andy Nelson
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  Lisa Sadri, cancer patient

  Last year, Sadri learned her breast cancer had spread to her lungs, liver and back. Her illness is terminal.

  Vol. 37 No. 40 Published 02.04.09 by Thomas Wheatley
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  Jennifer Graves, wife, mother and swinger

  Jennifer Graves explains that swingers like her and her husband are just normal people.

  Vol. 37 No. 37 Published 01.14.09 by Scott Henry
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  Diane Wright, former public housing tenant

  For nearly two decades, Diane Wright, 63, lived in Hollywood Courts, one of the last public housing projects left standing in Atlanta.

  Vol. 37 No. 34 Published 12.24.08 edited by Mara Shalhoup