I just boosted this from a Bluesky bridge, but posting it directly for those who won't see it that way because this is an incredible piece of history.
"The White House had needed me. Trump officials had known I was trans from day one. This hadn’t been an issue until it was public—and then nothing else I’d done mattered. Not my service, not my war-zone tours, not even which restroom I used.
I was the wrong kind of American."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/trump-white-house-transgender-mike-pence/688284/?gift=O5Ggl5tYvHa8OTR4hjxSy49FNRzMEUXGaNxWYIoR5GY
#uspol #trans #transRightsAreHumanRights
"The White House had needed me. Trump officials had known I was trans from day one. This hadn’t been an issue until it was public—and then nothing else I’d done mattered. Not my service, not my war-zone tours, not even which restroom I used.
I was the wrong kind of American."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/trump-white-house-transgender-mike-pence/688284/?gift=O5Ggl5tYvHa8OTR4hjxSy49FNRzMEUXGaNxWYIoR5GY
#uspol #trans #transRightsAreHumanRights
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