Trans physician Dana Beyer kicks off state office run
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Dana Beyer notes:
With the inspiration of my friend and namesake from New Zealand, Georgina Beyer, and the encouragement of my friend and fellow NCTE board member Amanda Simpson, who ran for state office in 2004, I am poised to become the first openly trans American state legislator in 2010.
I am here today only because of the struggle and sacrifice of those who came before me. I am profoundly aware of this. And I am asking you all to invest in me and sacrifice just a little bit more, because my electoral success will take us all to the next level of full American citizenship. I work for us all – trans, gay, racial and ethnic minorities, the disabled, anyone who is left out and vulnerable – but I am well aware that through this work all Americans become better off.