Prominent gender-switching activist switches from Hillary to Obama
A prominent Maryland transgender activist has left Sen. Hillary Clintons presidential campaign and begun stumping for Sen. Barack Obama.
("Stumping?" Bad word choice, if you think about it.)
Dana Beyer, an Equality Maryland board member who is transgender, announced last week she
(formerly "he")
was leaving Clintons gay steering committee to join Obamas gay leadership council. Its time to stop squabbling amongst ourselves, pull together and take back the presidency, she
(formerly "he")
wrote in a letter explaining her
(his)
decision. I say this with respect for the Clintons, and I say it as a woman
(formerly "man")
who has had to be surgically altered fight every day of her life to simply be a woman, and be recognized as one, let alone a strong one.
"'Course, when I was a guy, I could bench press two hundred, but we won't talk about that."
Beyer, whose affiliation with Clintons campaign was announced in November, said shes received no negative reactions to the switch. I havent heard anything negative from my Clinton-supporting friends,
(That's because they've stopped speaking to you.)
and Ive gotten a lot of support from my Obama-supporting friends, she said.
Posted by: Mike 2008-04-09 |