The GLAAD blog has a great writeup of the transgender community’s contributions to the Obama campaign, by Mik Kinkead, GLAAD’s Transgender Advocacy Fellow.
Thanks to Helen Boyd and Caprice Bellefleur for all the work they did on this, as well as our allies at Stonewall Democrats and Obama Pride! From the Obama Pride website:
Obama Pride is honored by the enthusiastic support of so many in the transgender community and we congratulate all the participants…for their huge success!
Let’s keep the momentum going! As Hellen Boyd said, let’s make the trans community go “from being politically invisible to politically viable.â€
Full article:
Transgender Voters Gain Visibility in Politics
The Transgender Community and Allies Support Obama:
http://www.actblue.com/page/trans
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