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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:00 AM

I was conned by JT Leroy

I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?

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  • Tuesday, January 10, 2006 07:44 PM

    I admit I could have missed it . . .

    . . . but who is the "he" you were talking to?

    If the public face of "JT" was a woman and the writer of the stories was a woman, then with whom were you talking on the phone? The husband of the public face?

    I confess that I'm not terribly compelled by the story of this, and probably glossed over the crucial attribution, if it was there. I guess I'm just interested enough to wonder who the "he" turned out to actually be.

    Of course, what I don't know is if I will be interested enough to come back and see if anyone attempted to either enlighten or denigrate me for asking.

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