Vice President Joe Biden: ‘trans discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time’

Vice President Joe Biden

THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A volunteer at an Obama campaign office asked the visiting vice president if he could help get civil rights for transgender people and Biden replied that it’s the “civil rights issue of our time.”

Biden made the comment in Sarasota, Florida on Tuesday after talking with Linda Carragher Bourne, the mother of Miss Trans New England.

Bourne later told a reporter: “A lot of my friends are being killed, and they don’t have the civil rights yet. These guys are gonna make it happen.”

Biden, of course, nailed down Obama’s stance on LGBT marriage earlier this year and has historically been one of our strongest allies in Washington.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/biden-says-transgender-discrimination-civil-rights-147761.html

Vice President Biden tells Linda Carragher Bourne ‘trans discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time’ (Photo: Facebook)

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Categories: Discrimination, Equality, Civil Rights, Transgender, Transsexual, Trans

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3 replies

  1. If you’re still pondering about next week’s election and the choices, ponder no more. This time vote pro-transgender.

  2. thank you ” Linda” for your question to the Vice President !, thank you Mr. Vice President for supporting our community ! this is a nice way to wake up and read the news !! thanks for making my day.

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