Remote Aboriginal communities are the last place you might think a transgender superheroine would find true acceptance. Trans woman Starlady is a youth worker and LBGTI advocate in some of Australia’s most remote and challenging places. Using an unusual set of tools, the flamboyant hairdresser spends her time travelling thousands of kilometres across the central desert.
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The Real Queen of the Desert
Starlady
TEDxSydney 2015 · 21 May 2015
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