Quick 🧵with quotes from my interview with Admiral Rachel Levine.
On coming out at work: "...people understood that I was not just tolerated, and not even just accepted, but truly welcomed for the diversity that I brought [to] the medical center and to the College of Medicine."
On LGBTQ+ progress: "While we’ve made so much progress for LGBTQI+ community...At the same time, we have a lot of challenges ahead and you can see that in the proliferation of the very negative actions and policies and laws that have cropped up in many states..."
On the role of businesses to support the LGBTQIA+ community: "I think that it is important for businesses to stand up for diversity, equity, and inclusion.The vast majority of businesses vocally support diversity, equity, and inclusion, including for the LGBTQI+ community."
You can read the full article below. 1 last thing: trans people face a lot of discrimination at work & we all need to work together for more change. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Just took a flight from JFK to SYR for a girlfriends bridal shower on @JetBlue and they left my wheelchair in NYC
So now I'm essentially legless and have lost my independence because I was dismissed by staff at every stage of this flight
Sadly I know I'm not alone. People with disabilities face this every single day while traveling and I'm horrified. In 28 years, Ive never not had my chair