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The ghost children of Mormon country

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Chadwick Moore
May 26, 2016
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Ryannah Quigley grew up in a modest home in Kaysville, Utah, with 22 siblings. Her father was a bishop, the head of a congregation, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family was staunchly Mormon.

By age 7, Quigley -- who was assigned male at birth -- began to wear women's clothing, at times taking down the curtains to make dresses. O…

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