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Title: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: suzifrommd on May 09, 2016, 07:30:04 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on May 09, 2016, 07:30:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGcurCOBrZo
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: SophieD on May 09, 2016, 08:14:07 PM
Post by: SophieD on May 09, 2016, 08:14:07 PM
It's wonderful to have eloquent, capable proponents like Ms. Lynch on our side. Her remarks were a huge morale builder for me.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2016, 08:16:15 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2016, 08:16:15 PM
<standing up, clapping>
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Colleen M on May 09, 2016, 08:45:02 PM
Post by: Colleen M on May 09, 2016, 08:45:02 PM
I've had my criticisms of Ms. Lynch in the past, but the simple truth is that she scored beaucoup brownie points with me for this.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Tysilio on May 09, 2016, 09:19:34 PM
Post by: Tysilio on May 09, 2016, 09:19:34 PM
This is not half bad. Some people are calling our "I have a dream" moment.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: RobynD on May 10, 2016, 11:40:03 AM
Post by: RobynD on May 10, 2016, 11:40:03 AM
Awesome! Another stand for human decency.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: cindianna_jones on May 10, 2016, 02:03:57 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on May 10, 2016, 02:03:57 PM
This is the moment I've been waiting for ALL OF MY LIFE. We have now been officially recognized by the federal government as real people. This is indeed a proud moment for me. I should also point out that she was appointed by our president to this position. I KNOW this would not have happened if the other guy had been elected.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Tessa James on May 10, 2016, 03:17:27 PM
Post by: Tessa James on May 10, 2016, 03:17:27 PM
Bravo Loretta Lynch and the Obama administration for acting swiftly and surely. We will prevail !
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Hikari on May 10, 2016, 03:46:57 PM
Post by: Hikari on May 10, 2016, 03:46:57 PM
People asked me why I kept voting for Obama and this is why, his administration gives me hope that we are going to grow and thrive as a country and leave that politics of hate and discrimination behind us.
Vanita Gupta who is prosecuting this case said that they support us as we are, and that is amazing to think that someone from the government isn't trying to change is to fit us into a box is great.
Vanita Gupta who is prosecuting this case said that they support us as we are, and that is amazing to think that someone from the government isn't trying to change is to fit us into a box is great.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: JessicaSondelli on May 10, 2016, 08:56:37 PM
Post by: JessicaSondelli on May 10, 2016, 08:56:37 PM
OMG this is amazing!!!
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Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: Tessa James on May 11, 2016, 01:41:43 AM
Post by: Tessa James on May 11, 2016, 01:41:43 AM
Could be that magic moment in time we should chronicle?
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: suzifrommd on May 11, 2016, 06:23:14 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on May 11, 2016, 06:23:14 AM
Quote from: Tysilio on May 09, 2016, 09:19:34 PM
This is not half bad. Some people are calling our "I have a dream" moment.
In my opinion it is far from it.
Recall that Dr. King's dream speech was delivered by an actual black person.
Ms. Lynch is not (to my knowledge) trans. Our "I have a dream" moment will come when one of us achieves the prominence to speak to the world and we won't need cisgender people speaking for us.
The AG's office's support for trans people will not even last one whole year. It is likely that whomever is elected president will replace the AG next winter, and if it is a president that is not sympathetic to trans issues, we cannot expect to see this sort of support continue.
Title: Re: Video of Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General standing up for our rights
Post by: RobynD on May 11, 2016, 11:45:40 AM
Post by: RobynD on May 11, 2016, 11:45:40 AM
I would say that any AG appointed by Clinton or Sanders would be trans friendly. The Gov can put in a lot of protections this year as well.