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Death, Sex & Money

College Sweethearts: Transformed

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Liam and Marisa fell in love as college students. Then, Liam began his gender transition. Here, they speak candidly about staying committed through serious change. Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Marissa and I started to look like a straight couple instead of like some sort of queerish mishmash.

0:08.6

This is death, sex and money.

0:14.0

Do you think the sexual revolution has gone too far?

0:17.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:20.0

Money isn't real, George.

0:22.0

Doesn't matter. It only seems like it does and need to talk about more.

0:26.0

You guys want to go see a dead body? I'm Anna Sale.

0:30.0

Liam had been crushing on Marissa for a while when it happened.

0:35.0

We were both getting on the same subway and I needed to get off the train and transfer,

0:40.0

but I was so wrapped up and excited and seeing her that I just stayed on the train.

0:44.0

Liam Lowry was a freshman at Fordham.

0:47.0

He'd noticed Marissa's cool haircut and worn cowboy boots in the campus cafe a few months before.

0:53.4

Marissa Carroll was older, a sophomore.

0:56.6

We had some mutual friends.

0:58.8

I was casually dating other people.

1:00.9

So she didn't think much about it when Liam asked her to coffee.

1:03.8

And then he walked me home after, tried to plan a kiss on me as I, as we say goodbye and I shut it down. That you did. That wasn't within the rules of the game.

1:17.4

I felt like we had met on friendly ground.

1:20.0

But the act of him having come on to me in that way I just couldn't get him out of my head

1:30.7

I reached out to Liam on Facebook chat.

1:34.0

So when that Facebook chat popped up on your computer screen, you were stoked.

1:39.0

Then I was panicking.

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