Tuck speaks with Paige Kreisman (she/her), a democratic socialist running for statewide office. (See content warnings below.) Topics include:
- Why many trans folks hate the military… but enlist at twice the rate of cis people
- Why so many trans people are socialists
- How “progressive” states fail at trans healthcare
- Why the prison industrial complex is a trans issue
- What trans people should know about running for office
Content notes: mentions of rape (13, 21), trans death (22), and death threats (13, 32).
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