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“If there's a team to root on, to vote for, it's us. We're going to do everything we can to make sure that every single person that needs help gets help to the best of our abilities. And our abilities are pretty great! So, trust in us.”
“I need to show people what it's like to be a trans person in the United States today.”
“I’m trans in part because I believe in the hope of a better future. It’s why I do this. It’s why I do anything.”
You can't promise that the world's going to get better, but you can promise that for a couple of hours, you're going to have a good fucking time. And there's something to be said for that.
“Doomscrolling is a real problem, people don’t know how to act on the news.”
“Trans people are happy being trans. It is not a mistake. It is a community. We have our own unique cultural expressions.”
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
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