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"I knew I was home"

Octavius Smiley-Humphries was nervous for a lot of reasons when he accepted an invitation to share Christmas with the family of a man he'd just met. But it didn't take long for him to feel completely at ease. Learn why the holidays hold special meaning for Octavius and his now-family.

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StoryCorps. (2015, December 25). I thought it was going to be a recipe for disaster [Audio podcast]. https://storycorps.org/stories/octavius-smiley-humphries-carole-smiley-and-seth-smiley-humphries-151...

Dee

Who is Dee?

"I knew I was home"

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

"I knew I was home"

FEATURED CONTENT

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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