Mar 5 • 42M

Shannon Thrace Could Not Make It Work

A transwidow tells all

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Eva and Matt talk to Shannon Thrace, transwidow and author. Her marriage of fifteen years came apart in a matter of months. For despite her acceptance, love, and affection for her husband, she had already lost him to the “Black Box” of his self-obsession. She could not make it work, no matter how hard she tried, because what he wanted most was his dream-image of himself as a woman.

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