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Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈
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Tom Seaver's Hall of Fame ballot story is fascinating. At the time (1992), he had the highest election percentage in history (425 of 430 ballots, or 98.84%). Only Mariano Rivera (425/425, 100%) and Ken Griffey, Jr. (437/440, 99.32%) are higher. Why those five ballots? Read on...
Three of the ballots were left blank by writers in protest of Pete Rose's exclusion. One was filled by a writer recovering from heart surgery who wasn't aware Tom Seaver was eligible. And the last ballot was from a writer who refused to vote for candidates in their 1st year.
So, aside from the asshole who was apparently too good for the five year retirement minimum for candidates, Tom Seaver nearly garnered 429/430 ballots, or 99.77%.
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Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈
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So, today is particularly meaningful for me in light of what I experienced last summer. I was discriminated against for being a proud transgender woman. I was harassed, degraded, and physically assaulted at a restaurant in downtown D.C. (thread)

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I was at a bachelorette party with about a dozen girlfriends. We were having a great time, and near the end of the evening, I went to use the restroom and was asked to show ID. When I refused and went inside to one of the stalls, the male employee followed in moments later.
I could hear him searching every stall (in a crowded women's restroom) and then leaving a bit later. When I exited the restroom, he was waiting there with the manager, another man. I was asked to show ID again, and I refused, citing D.C. law. I showed this law to the manager.
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"In fact, transgender, gender-nonconforming, and gender-fluid people are disproportionately survivors of violence. They deserve to access services consistent with their needs." -- @davidcicilline

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One of the more insightful things I've discovered since coming out is the simple peace of being truly comfortable in my own skin, even when others are not-so-taken with my appearance.
I clearly don't pass, and beyond that, I'm in a rather awkward stage of my transition where I'm not generally physically attractive. But I'm very, very comfortable with how I look. I legitimately feel gorgeous and confident. I like walking outside my door every day.
I compare this to when I was in the closet and while conventionally attractive in a "male" appearance, I felt uncomfortable all the time. I would look pretty great in a suit and still feel really out of my element and consistently unhappy. It didn't feel right on any level.
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