As a professional home maintenance technician with more than a decade of experience, Mercury Stardust can fix just about anything. And as an activist with millions of followers across her social media channels, she’s taught countless people how to live life with more compassion. Known online as the Trans Handy Ma’am, Mercury has built a massive community through her DIY home repair videos and has used her platform to raise awareness and money for LGBTQIA+ causes.

Host Bianca Martin sat down with Mercury — who’s a new Madison homeowner herself — to talk about her journey from growing up on a farm in northern Wisconsin, to putting on weekly burlesque shows in Madison, to becoming the sensation she is today.

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