Come Friday, Babs Siperstein Is Officially To Be Committee Member Of The DNC
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12849/come-friday-babs-siperstein-is-officially-to-be-committee-member-of-the-dncAutumn Sandeen
9/8/09
It's no surprise to most of you that Ms. Siperstein identifies as a woman, and as a senior citizen, and by my highlighting her you probably can guess she's a part of the LGBT community.
Well, that's part of it. Babs Casbar Siperstein also identifies as a transsexual, and a part of the transgender subcommunity of the broader LGBT community. Ms. Siperstein's appointment to the DNC by Gov. Kaine is a first for a trans-identified person -- she is going to be the first openly trans DNC member.
This isn't tokenism. My friend Babs has been working very hard towards this for years. When in 2004 the DNC failed to embrace a plank regarding civil rights based on gender identity or expression, she saw that trans people needed to be better represented on the national scene. So, she began working towards getting that better representation of gender identity or expression civil rights issues within the DNC, and working towards this appointment to the DNC.
