http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=features&sc3=&id=55268Trail blazer
by Laura Kiritsy
associate editor
Thursday Jan 24, 2008
Diego Sanchez, the director of public relations and external affairs at AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, will have a hand in shaping the Democratic Party platform that will be adopted at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Sanchez's appointment to the Platform Committee marks the first time a transgender person has been nominated to a convention committee by a Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, a post currently held by Howard Dean.
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http://angelcitysdevil.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=344&Itemid=2 First Transgendered Person Nominated To Democractic National Committee
Written by ACD Staff
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Diego Sanchez become The Democratic Committee's first transgendered appointment.
Diego Sanchez is "truly humbled" as he becomes the first transgendered person to grace the Democratic National Platform Committee. The appointment means that Sanchez will have a hand in shaping the party's platform over the next four years during the Democratic Convention in Denver this summer. Sanchez has long supported gay, lesbian and transgender rights, and considers HIV prevention and treatment his biggest priority come the convention.
