How Leyna Bloom became the first transgender actress of color to star in a film at Cannes
(LA Times Movies)

Leyna Bloom turned up at the Port Authority bus terminal at 17 with one red suitcase and nowhere to put it. She´d saved up a little money working part time at McDonald´s and Starbucks on the South Side of Chicago, the place she´d left behind 22 hours before. But it wasn´t enough to pay rent, so...