Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Author: Kirstin Cronn-Mills
This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. I’m Gabe. Welcome to my show.My birth name is Elizabeth, but I’m a guy. Gabe. My parents think I’ve gone crazy and the rest of the world is happy to agree with them, but I know I’m right. I’ve been a boy my whole life.When you think about it, I’m like a record. Elizabeth is my A side, the song ever….Read More
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