Democratic National Convention Transgender Representation
Pams House blend Aug 08 08I've been talking to my transgender peers these past few weeks, attempting to fully determine who the out, transgender delegates to the Democratic National Convention are going to be.
If one tries to figure out who's transgender from the official DNC demographic information, it's a little difficult to do. This is because the states and territories are identifying to the DNC which delegates self-identify themselves as LGBT, but the DNC itself isn't gathering information regarding which LGBT subcommunity the individual LGBT delegates identify to.
Going back four years to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, there were five trans representatives at the convention. Full story...
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