[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY MEERKAT STANDS UPRIGHT ON A DIRT SURFACE AS IT LOOKS FORWARD WITH LARGE, DARK EYES. TEXT READS, “THE ’M’ IN ‘FTM’ DOES NOT STAND FOR MISOGYNY.”]

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