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This Emotional Commercial Will Change the Way You Look at Your Gym

A powerful commercial aired during the ESPYs, just minutes before Caitlyn Jenner received the Arthur Ashe award for courage [1]. The Google ad chronicles the journey of Jake Nothangel and his transition from female to male. As Jake, 26, explains in his own words, he grew up feeling like a boy trapped in a girl's body. For Jake, part of his transition included building the body he had always hoped for: "I wanted to be able to take off my shirt one day and have all these muscles." In his process to get there, Jake found a safe haven in a place that so many of us also have: the local gym. There he found a supportive community, a trainer who cares, and total acceptance amongst his peers.


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