Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: Family…

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Family…

…Or how a family member that comes out can move mountains.

I think we all realize that when a family member transition that most of the time love wins out, that it because personal and not some abstract concept.

GOP Congresswoman: Don't Reject Your Transgender Children
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, whose son Rodrigo is transgender, tells other parents not to 'freak out.'
U.S. News
By Nikki Schwab
Nov. 18, 2014*

The only member of Congress with a transgender child is a Republican.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican – the first Cuban-American to be elected to Congress and the first GOP House member to support gay marriage – discussed her other first, that of having a transgendered son, on local television in Miami.

“As parents, we wanted Rodrigo to understand that we’re totally fine with it,” the congresswoman said in the interview. “He’s our son, we’re proud of him.”

I wonder what her position would have been on marriage and other LGBT issues if her son wasn’t trans?

*I just noticed that the date is from last year but it just showed up on a Google News search for current transgender news.

1 comment:

Pat Scales2/26/15, 2:12 PM
There has been no secret that the Congresswoman had a trans son. She has been supported by others in her party.
She was also the congressperson who put forth legislation sponsoring the repealal of Clinton's Defense of Marriage Act several years before it was declared unconstitutional.
While she received support from Republicans, conservatives and libertarians there were many sniping comments like yours that showed a lack of tolerance. You also note rather correctly that because a Republican congresswoman had a trans child that there was no coverage on the main stream media. I suspect that this story did not fit the left wing liberal media story line.
Pat
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