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‘ W E
A R E N ’ T
G O I N G
AN Y WHERE’
By Madeleine Carlisle
Photographs by Annie Flanagan
The pain and pride of a generation
changing how America sees gender
Freedom, a two-spirit 13-year-old, poses
for a portrait in Watertown, S.D. At last
year’s Pride parade, he dressed up as
Freddie Mercury; this year, he wants to
dress as a rainbow king. The past year
hasn’t been easy, and he’s had to deal with
bullies. But he’s also had classmates come
out to him, and he says he likes that people
know “I’m someone they can trust.”
