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Title: A Transgender Candidate Is Hoping to Make History
Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2012, 09:43:52 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2012, 09:43:52 AM
A Transgender Candidate Is Hoping to Make History
By KATE TAYLOR
Published: March 22, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/nyregion/mel-wymore-transgender-man-runs-for-new-york-council.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/nyregion/mel-wymore-transgender-man-runs-for-new-york-council.html?_r=1)
Zoning. School overcrowding. The design of New York's transportation system.
These are just a few of the subjects that Mel Wymore, a candidate for City Council on the Upper West Side, brought up in an interview before addressing the elephant in the room: that, if elected, he would be the first transgender member of the Council.
"I'm not running because I'm transgender," said Mr. Wymore, 50, who was born female but now, after testosterone therapy and top surgery, identifies as transgender. But, he said, that "doesn't mean that being transgender doesn't bring a certain perspective."
By KATE TAYLOR
Published: March 22, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/nyregion/mel-wymore-transgender-man-runs-for-new-york-council.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/nyregion/mel-wymore-transgender-man-runs-for-new-york-council.html?_r=1)
Zoning. School overcrowding. The design of New York's transportation system.
These are just a few of the subjects that Mel Wymore, a candidate for City Council on the Upper West Side, brought up in an interview before addressing the elephant in the room: that, if elected, he would be the first transgender member of the Council.
"I'm not running because I'm transgender," said Mr. Wymore, 50, who was born female but now, after testosterone therapy and top surgery, identifies as transgender. But, he said, that "doesn't mean that being transgender doesn't bring a certain perspective."
Title: Re: A Transgender Candidate Is Hoping to Make History
Post by: King Malachite on March 23, 2012, 09:58:26 AM
Post by: King Malachite on March 23, 2012, 09:58:26 AM
Awesome!