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The Expert Witness from Uncover

S10 "The Village 2" E3: Cassandra

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.510.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Cassandra Do comes to the Village, trying to escape discrimination back home. When Cassandra pursues sex work to finance her transition, she finds herself part of a community targeted by the Toronto police. Note: If you're in crisis or just looking for someone to talk to, try the Trans Lifeline’s Hotline — a peer support phone service run by trans people for trans and questioning folks: CAN (877) 330-6366 or US (877) 565-8860 For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-villiage-season-2-transcripts-listen-1.6076988

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:10.5

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0:15.8

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0:22.3

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0:27.3

Airport. Step on to Cloud9. This is a CBC podcast.

0:34.8

Sandra likes to go to the fetish parties and the golf bars. That crowd there is just much

0:44.4

more accepting. Anything goes there basically so she feels more at home. They're more comfortable

0:51.1

with the people there. Cassandra Doe and her friend Trang are walking down Queen Street

0:56.9

West in Toronto. They walk past a bouncer through a huge set of ornate doors. The sign above

1:03.8

says the velvet underground. Inside there's a small group of people dancing to house music.

1:10.0

Stroblades are blasting. There's lots of black clothes, metal chains, very late 90s industrial

1:16.0

vibe. And Cassandra is in the middle of it all.

1:20.1

I didn't know that there was that many men that attracted to transsection until I moved

1:25.1

to Toronto. And it was very nice because I felt like I'm not a freak anymore. There's

1:32.4

actually people out there that find myself attractive.

1:36.3

She's wearing a black low cut lace top. Tight jeans and heels. Her bangs are neatly trimmed

1:42.1

just above her eyes. Her long black hair falls neatly down her back. Honestly, she's gorgeous.

1:49.1

She looks really genuinely happy. I think most people in the pub like when they look at

1:55.6

me, they see someone and maybe attractive and maybe a little bit different.

2:02.9

These interviews, complete with the cheesy music, were done for a reality TV show called

2:07.6

Skin Deep. This is 2001. Just a few years before a Laura Wells would come out and hit the

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