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How Video Game Avatars Can Help Trans Kids Cope
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This month, our show will feature stories from VICE Magazine’s June publication, The Privacy and Perception Issue. Today, we talk to VICE reporter Diana Tourjée about her online avatars growing up, and the surprising way they affected her offline identity.
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