"My Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me."

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I remember my mother would get upset with me 'cause she said I walked like my dad. But I think it was more like, there's something about you that's not quite ladylike and femme. And then when I got older - once I came out, my mom and grandma were horrified and just kind of like, where did we go wrong?

— Jacqueline Woodson