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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Jenevieve Lussier, transgender performer
Description: Jenevieve Lussier was born 22 years ago as Jared Lussier. She and her twin brother, John, were well known in the Helderberg Hilltowns and beyond for their beautiful singing voices, with harmonies reminiscent of the Everly Brothers. They sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Berne-Knox-Westerlo games in a way it had never been heard before. All along, Jenna has been on a quiet, sometimes difficult journey discovering her sexual identity. She’s planning on legally changing her name and changing her body with hormones to fit who she is. Her mother, she says, has always loved her for who she is. When she wa...