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A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

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Lee Mokobe |

TEDWomen 2015

• May 2015

"I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered," says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It's a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured into them.

"I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered," says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It's a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured into them.

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Lee Mokobe

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Lee Mokobe is a 20-year-old South African slam poet and co-founder of Vocal Revolutionaries.

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