Valda Prout is a proud Black trans woman in her eighties - and she has a message for us! Our society is obsessed with youth and beauty, but the fact is that aging is a privilege. We treasure the trans elders who have survived to share their wisdom with us! Valda's life took her from her native New England to New York to Washington, DC - and she built community everywhere she went. She was a talented hairdresser for decades, as well as a devoted mother to her adopted son, Byron. As you age, "you'

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