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Pete Buttigieg: “If you look into the history of what made it possible for…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:50

On a broader community level, how did you feel about the T getting removed from the Stonewall website? It's terrible. I mean, look, you know, If you look into the history of what made it possible for people like me to have rights...a lot of that was advocates and activists who were transgender in the 60s or 70s. I mean, it's hard enough now imagine what it was like then. Can't even imagine who stuck up for everybody's rights. And so, you know, I get the politics of it. (12:50–13:04)

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Asserts that transgender activists in the 1960s and 1970s played a significant role in advancing LGBTQ rights.

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