Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
This isn’t the first time he’s defended trans rights. I wish I could find the clip where he did it the first time he tied to economic those kitchen table issues. It was magnificent.
Been reading you for a while, but this article compelled me to subscribe.
His stance on this issue is yet another reason why I love Mamdani’s candidacy. The Democratic Party needs to wake up, pull their heads out of their collective asses, and really listen to him. Wish I lived in NYC so I could vote for him. I am simply an old straight woman with a desire to protect my gay and trans friends. It saddens and sickens me to see how willing the party has been to distance itself from support of trans human beings. Culture wars be damned. This is an issue of basic human rights!
I always want to push that Zohran is a member of DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America. His being a socialist is tied with his stance to defend trans people and the LGBTQ community. Solidarity for a socialist is the belief that all of our struggles are intertwined and that if liberation does not come for us all, it will happen for none. We fight for all with that in mind. It is also the reason why I don't like him being lumped in with the Democratic Party. I'm a member of DSA as well and our goal is to build a new party separate from the Democrats because we are willing to stand for what they don't. My only ask is that the next time you bring him up, please note he is a member of DSA, so that maybe we can try to fix the issues by allowing ourselves to break away from the Democrats.
Hey Parker, ICYMI from Margaret Sullivan, American Crisis
— I always appreciate Parker Molloy’s sharp-eyed newsletter, The Present Age. Parker wrote a recent post about an incredible rarity — a politician forthrightly defending against the persistent and ugly attacks on trans people. The immediate subject was New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign video in which he uttered this remarkable line: “Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a scorched-earth campaign against trans people. The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least.” Whether you care about the New York mayor’s race or not, “it shows what’s possible when a politician decides trans people aren’t disposable.”
Most people aren't monsters, and can be reached by true stories about real people if you make the effort. This is what won that day for gay marriage, not sophisticated legal arguments, but stories about two people who loved each other and wanted to get married and why should the state be preventing them? And let's remember the Democrats were AWOL on that one too, til the very end when they swooped in to take all the credit, as they always do.
This isn’t the first time he’s defended trans rights. I wish I could find the clip where he did it the first time he tied to economic those kitchen table issues. It was magnificent.
I link to another piece I've written about him being pro-trans in the piece :)
Been reading you for a while, but this article compelled me to subscribe.
His stance on this issue is yet another reason why I love Mamdani’s candidacy. The Democratic Party needs to wake up, pull their heads out of their collective asses, and really listen to him. Wish I lived in NYC so I could vote for him. I am simply an old straight woman with a desire to protect my gay and trans friends. It saddens and sickens me to see how willing the party has been to distance itself from support of trans human beings. Culture wars be damned. This is an issue of basic human rights!
Thanks, Hollyanna!
I always want to push that Zohran is a member of DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America. His being a socialist is tied with his stance to defend trans people and the LGBTQ community. Solidarity for a socialist is the belief that all of our struggles are intertwined and that if liberation does not come for us all, it will happen for none. We fight for all with that in mind. It is also the reason why I don't like him being lumped in with the Democratic Party. I'm a member of DSA as well and our goal is to build a new party separate from the Democrats because we are willing to stand for what they don't. My only ask is that the next time you bring him up, please note he is a member of DSA, so that maybe we can try to fix the issues by allowing ourselves to break away from the Democrats.
Hell, yes, Zohran. Show them how it's done.
Hey Parker, ICYMI from Margaret Sullivan, American Crisis
— I always appreciate Parker Molloy’s sharp-eyed newsletter, The Present Age. Parker wrote a recent post about an incredible rarity — a politician forthrightly defending against the persistent and ugly attacks on trans people. The immediate subject was New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign video in which he uttered this remarkable line: “Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a scorched-earth campaign against trans people. The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least.” Whether you care about the New York mayor’s race or not, “it shows what’s possible when a politician decides trans people aren’t disposable.”
Most people aren't monsters, and can be reached by true stories about real people if you make the effort. This is what won that day for gay marriage, not sophisticated legal arguments, but stories about two people who loved each other and wanted to get married and why should the state be preventing them? And let's remember the Democrats were AWOL on that one too, til the very end when they swooped in to take all the credit, as they always do.