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When I was 9, I wanted to be Storm from the X-men. I’m a boy. |Throwback Thursday

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When Matteo was 9 years old, he loved Storm from X-men, drawing, and hanging out with the girls. One day on the playground, the boys cornered him and asked him why he was different, but he didn’t have an answer.

Matteo is a stand-up comedian. He lives in New York City.

“Throwback Thursday” is a series that explores the truth that lives beneath our childhood memories. In this docuseries, adults take a look back at their younger years. What begins as a trip down memory lane, ends in a heart-opening examination of what was really going on behind the trapper keepers and the bubble yum.

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