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Gender warriors


Tide rising for transgender people in politics, pop culture and the workplace

 
July 09, 2012|By Leonor Vivanco, RedEye


http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2012-07-09/news/32605889_1_transgender-people-mara-keisling-transgender-model


The "T" in LGBT is at its tipping point.

In their own fight for equal rights, transgender people are now more than ever confronting issues head-on in politics, pop culture and the workplace.

"The United States is starting to really come around," said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, which was founded in 2003. "In Chicago, you have a city government that's pretty good and state government that's pretty good and a president from Illinois who is committed to advancing equal rights for trans people."