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First Person
Cosplaying While Black and Queer
Season 2
Episode 5
In season 2 episode 5 of PBS Digital Studios' First Person, host Kirya Traber talks to cosplayer Tony Ray about embracing life as a 'Blerd' and his experience navigating the cosplay community as a Black queer man.
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