by Jane Migliara Brigham Zoey Carter is running for State House in rural Illinois as a progressive. She spoke to The Needle about her plans for the area, and her work in building there. The original interview has been edited down for time and clarity. Jane: With us today is
“The prime directive is bullshit in Star Trek and it’s bullshit in gender. If you have the power to minimize suffering you have a moral obligation to exercise it.”
We didn’t need a study or cis researchers to learn that; you could’ve just asked us. If trans people had the same resources as these researchers, we could have given you these results years ago.
What if you found an identical version of yourself somewhere in the outside world, and you stopped at nothing to find her?
You can get out. Everybody can get out.
It's one thing to show idealized images of past figures; it's another to make them feel real
Frankly, it feels like she is embarrassed to be associated with us.
The State Department has denied a passport application to a trans woman because she did not provide evidence that she is applying as her assigned sex at birth.
