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202181 minPGdocumentary

This is Jessica

202181 minPGdocumentary

Jessica Bair, a prominent LGBTQIA+ rights advocate with the Human Rights Campaign, navigates her identity as a transgender woman within the Mormon faith.

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Andrea Meyerson

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Jessica Bair, a prominent LGBTQIA+ rights advocate with the Human Rights Campaign, navigates her identity as a transgender woman within the Mormon faith.

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Andrea Meyerson

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Jessica Bair, a longtime LGBTQIA+ rights advocate with Human Rights Campaign, shares her struggle to remain in her Mormon faith despite coming out as transgender.

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