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2016 Postmortem

Native

(7,389 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:35 PM Jul 2016

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First transgender person to ever address a National Convention!

Sarah McBride!

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First transgender person to ever address a National Convention! (Original Post) Native Jul 2016 OP

And she is a lovely young WOMAN!! kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #1

... nolabear Jul 2016 #2

And a White House intern! Native Jul 2016 #3

fuck fuck fuck i missed the address forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Gothmog Jul 2016 #5

She was very strong in her support Gothmog Jul 2016 #5

She did a fabulous job. AND kept it together when she spoke about losing her husband to cancer. Native Jul 2016 #7

I agree Gothmog Jul 2016 #8

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

1. And she is a lovely young WOMAN!!

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Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:36 PM

Jul 2016

nolabear

(43,850 posts)

2. ...

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Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:36 PM

Jul 2016

Native

(7,389 posts)

3. And a White House intern!

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Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:36 PM

Jul 2016

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)

4. fuck fuck fuck i missed the address

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Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:39 PM

Jul 2016

Response to Native (Original post)

Gothmog This message was self-deleted by its author.

Gothmog

(182,046 posts)

5. She was very strong in her support

Reply to Native (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:39 PM

Jul 2016

This is a good first

Native

(7,389 posts)

7. She did a fabulous job. AND kept it together when she spoke about losing her husband to cancer.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 05:43 PM

Jul 2016

She's now the secretary for the Human Rights Campaign.

Gothmog

(182,046 posts)

8. I agree

Reply to Native (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 06:20 PM

Jul 2016

My youngest is a lesbian and is active with the lgbt group at school. Many of her good friends are transexual

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