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ylar William Broadus, Esq. speaks
with a soothing, gentle drawl that
I immediately recognize as coming
Kfrom my part of the country. Kylar
spent most of his life in and around Columbia,
Missouri, about three hours east of my home-
town in Kansas. During our long, sometimes
rambling conversation, we bond over growing
up in “flyover country” and watering down our
“twangy” accents.
Despite our Middle America connection, it’s
immediately clear that Kylar’s life experiences
are uniquely his own. As an out Black trans man,
an attorney, an activist, and an entrepreneur, he
has transcended time and place, labels and biases
to become wholly himself.
He’s not prone to boasting but as we talk, I
realize that beneath his calm voice lies the heart
and mind of a warrior. In fact, Kylar is a pio-
neer of trans rights, an activist and advocate who
spent decades carving out space for trans people
and people of color in the LGBTQ community.
“I know it seems like I just popped out of the
box to a lot of younger trans people because we
have so much more media coverage now,” he says
with a chuckle.

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