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I called up Mason Bediant to ask him a little bit about his new home.

He lives with a bunch of cats and his fiance in Fargo, North Dakota.

I just moved here in December and it's not the best time of year to go out and discover much of Fargo yet.

Yeah, I was going to say moving to Fargo in December takes a little bit of bravery.

Bravery or foolishness I haven't decided yet which one is more my speed.

Fargo might sound remote to you, but for Mason it's the big city.

He came here from two hours south, a town of 1800 people. He was one of just a few trans people there.

Where I was in South Dakota was a real small town which has its pluses and minuses but when you're

somebody in the LGBT community it has a little bit more minuses on that side.

There's one more thing you need to know about Mason. He's a physician.

Back in South Dakota he was one of just two doctors in his town of Webster and he was one of

just a handful of people in the entire state to offer gender affirming care.

I've just been longing I guess for more of people who understand me, people who understand my

situation and not that there was anything wrong with the people there. They just didn't understand

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