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Danica Roem Quotes

born 1984 United States

Danica Anthony Roem (born September 30, 1984) is an American journalist and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate since 2024. A Democrat, she represents the 30th district covering part of Prince William County including the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

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When you are an LGBTQ person, you have to care.

And so go figure, that was like the day of my adult life where I was being real. April Fools’ Day was the day I was being like, nope. This is actually who I am. And I’ve let it roll ever since.

I was at a point at age 28 where I did not want to go into my thirties living a lie. I had pretended to be someone else my entire life by this point. I had known who I was since I was 10 years old.

We’re simply saying that a person’s mere presence and existence as an LGBTQ person does not constitute a heat of passion defense that negates malice in an attack. In layman’s terms, you can’t just assault and kill someone just because you feel like it.

If you know a trans person, you’re much more likely to support our civil rights. But because there are fewer of us, it makes it a harder conversation.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Danica Roem (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.