I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.
I think, for one, the LGBTQ ...
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I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire.
I'm a medical doctor by training. I'm a physician, not a politician. And I'm in this as a mother on fire. You could say, very concerned about our younger generation that does not have the jobs they need to get themselves out of the debt that they're in. And have the full weight of the climate crisis exploding on them - on their watch.
I used to practice clinical medicine. Now I practice political medicine, because it's the mother of all illnesses.
[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.
[My mother] was busy being a homemaker and was not an activist by any means.