Lily Rood, a transgender woman and class president at Mount Holyoke College, recognized a lack of resources for cultivating trans leaders and decided to take action by creating supportive frameworks. She believes robust trans leadership is essential, particularly during a time when anti-trans sentiments are prevalent under the current presidential administration. By encouraging trans individuals to engage in politics, community service, and the arts, Rood aims to build understanding and counter divisions fueled by misinformation. She advocates for defiance against dehumanizing rhetoric and stresses the importance of visibility and connection in combating discrimination.
When we're understood and when we're known, we can't be so easily villainized with rhetoric that is simply untrue and manipulative.
I just feel a sense of defiance. I feel like, no, I'm not going to step back, I'm not going to hide.
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