I used to live in their hometown. My roommate in the 90s and 00s was friends with them. I never met them myself, but saw them in passing at the mall near where they lived.

They had a hard time getting transportation back then, taxis would refuse to pick them up because of the chair they needed, and they had a hard time getting onto the city bus. But it sounds like in later years they had less struggle with that.

I got extra confused by the names Rori, Dori, Reba, and George.

I want to apologize in advance for dead naming. But it helps to fully understand.

They were born Lori and Dori.

Dori went after the name Reba, after Reba McIntire, and pursued country singing.

In 2007, Dori had come out as a trans man and preferred to be publicly known as George.

It must be terrible to live like that

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