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Superstar Advocate Dancer-influencer Harper Watters appears in Instagram’s anti-bullying series. By OLIVIA FLORES ALVAREZ Photo by LUKE AUSTIN for Teen Vogue x Instagram
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housands of people know Harper Watters as a standout soloist in the Houston Ballet. Thousands more know him as the guy in the six-inch pink heels who does great videos on Instagram. He’s both. And those two personas became one last month in an Instagram video for National Bullying Prevention Month. Watters, who is openly gay, has an Instagram following of more than 165,000—and he’ll be seen by millions more Instagram viewers as part of the #advocate series. We caught up with Watters and talked about his experiences with bullying, how he overcame it as a young man, and his continued efforts to break down stereotypes.
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