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"The lack of political attention to candidates and issues, history has shown us, is a sure-fire way to end up left out of the policy debates altogether."

— Theresa Sparks The Transgender Community Needs to Reestablish Its Voice (2005)

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"Our community is organized, it’s strong, it’s paying attention and it needs to ensure a place at the political table, now and for future generations of transgender leaders."

The Transgender Community Needs to Reestablish Its Voice (2005)

"We need to continue to educate our elected officials and candidates for office on who we are, what we need and why they should stand in solidarity with us."

The Transgender Community Needs to Reestablish Its Voice (2005)

"[The gay community can] fight for our rightful voice, or we can continue to … slap one another and one day find ourselves without the electoral base to sustain the voice we already have."

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