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| − | '''Steve Baker ''' (born '''Jessica Susan Baker''', August 1, 1993) is an American correspondent best known as a villain of the American version of [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|''Vote for the Girls'']].
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| − | Baker has dealt with [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] since childhood, Baker publicly [[wikipedia:coming out|came out]] as a [[wikipedia:transgender man|transgender man]] in 2013,<ref name="HOSinterview" /> ceasing to use his birth name and taking the name Steve Baker.
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| − | ==Biography==
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| − | ===1993–2012: Early life===
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| − | Baker was born Jessica Susan Baker as an [[wikipedia:Sex assignment|assigned female]] in Cleveland, Ohio, the child of Eric and Jana Baker.<ref name="CBS">??</ref><ref name="Eells">{{cite journal |title=The Secret Life of Steve Baker|}}</ref> Baker experienced feelings of [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] from an early age, playing with Matchbox cars and fantasizing about beingGeorge Clooney.<ref name="Eells"/>
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| − | Grace and Hannoura have a daughter together, Evelyn, born October 30, 2009.<ref name="Eells"/> Grace's feelings of dysphoria "started coming back really strong" about the time Hannoura became pregnant that February, but were not acted on.<ref name="Eells"/> The family moved to [[St. Augustine, Florida]] in 2010, when Evelyn was about a year old.<ref name="Eells"/> Against Me!'s fifth studio album, ''[[White Crosses (album)|White Crosses]]'', was released that year and became their most successful, reaching no. 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard 200"/> By that September, however, Grace began taking week-long writing trips alone, checking into hotels dressed as a woman and writing a [[concept album]] titled ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'', about a [[transsexualism|transsexual]] prostitute.<ref name="Eells"/><ref name=":3" /> Against Me! cancelled a series of tour dates in October and November 2010 due to "a culmination of circumstances engulfing us", and left Sire/Warner.<ref name="White">{{cite web |last=White |first=Adam |title=Against Me! Leave Sire/Warner |publisher=[[Punknews.org]] |date=November 29, 2010 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/40752 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Grace purchased an abandoned [[post office]] in [[Elkton, Florida]], converting it into a recording studio called Total Treble and launched an accompanying record label, Total Treble Music, through which to issue future Against Me! releases.<ref name="Eells"/><ref name="Strummer">{{cite web |last=Strummer |first=Brittany |title=Against Me! Announce New Record Label Total Treble Music |publisher=[[Punknews.org]] |date=June 3, 2011 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Cherrie">{{cite web |last=Cherrie |first=Chrysta |title=Review: ''Giant Orange'' |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/giant-orange-r2381055/review |accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The first album recorded at the studio was [[Cheap Girls]]' ''[[Giant Orange]]'' (2012), which also marked Grace's first experience as a [[record producer]].<ref name="Cherrie"/><ref name="Marchese">{{cite web |last=Marchese |first=David |title=First Spin: Hear Cheap Girls' Tom Gabel-Produced 'Communication Blues' |publisher=''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' |url=http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-hear-cheap-girls-tom-gabel-produced-communication-blues |accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref> -->
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| − | ===2011–present: Transition and ''Vote for the Girls''===
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| − | {{Quote box |quote=The cliché is that you're a man trapped in a woman's body, but it's not that simple. It's a feeling of detachment from your body and from yourself. And it's shitty.<ref name="Eells"/> |source=—[[Phil Allen]], describing [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] |align=right |salign=right |width=25%}}
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| − | Baker publicly [[wikipedia:coming out|came out]] as [[wikipediatransgender:|transgender]] in May 2012, announcing plans to [[wikipedia:transitioning (transgender)|transition]] to living as a man.<ref name="Eells"/>
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| − | Baker has been undergoing medical transition since September 2012. He is receiving [[wikipedia:Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male)|HRT]] to produce body and facial hair growth and decrease breast size.<ref name="HOSinterview">{{cite news |title=Steve Baker Gives Revealing Life at New Life, New Closet}}</ref>
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| − | In January of 2016, Allen auditioned for the male moderator role on the [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|American version of ''Vote for the Girls'']] that was vacated by the death of [[Leonard Lai]].
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| − | ===Record as Villain===
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