Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."

Update: 2016-02-29

Description

Danni has had the unenviable job of arguing with the Washington State Legislature about who gets to use which bathroom - to date the achilles heel for transgender rights. Now she is running for the legislature! We talk current politics, but we also talk about her roots growing up in Maine, discovering who she was, dealing with bullying and homelessness, and then growing professionally into an amazing advocate. Years of work culminated in founding the Gender Justice League in Seattle which organized the transgender community to find its voice, build coalitions, and fight for themselves. We also talk about her decision to run for office, a potentially historic moment for transgender rights.

Comments

In Channel

Jerome and Amir, Janitors - "We're people too."

2016-06-1517:44

Clarence Eckerson, StreetFilms - "That article wasn't going to change anyone's mind."

2016-06-0637:04

Sonja Trauss, YIMBY a.k.a. Yes In My Back Yard - "People need places to live!"

2016-05-1239:18

Abby Brockway and Patrick Mazza, Oil Train Blockaders - "At some point it's an insane world."

2016-04-2943:54

Sonicsgate - Documentary Filmmakers: "It's not just a movie, it's a movement"

2016-04-1142:20

Zeke Spiers, Movement Funder - "Real change will come from a place none of us could have predicted"

2016-03-1745:54

Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."

2016-02-2940:42

Robby Stern, Senior Advocate, Lifetime Activist - "Senator Sanders was really angry at me."

2016-02-2501:03:27

Chuck Marohn, Strong Towns - "I found I don't fit in our political spectrum."

2016-02-1801:05:11

Charles Mudede, writer - "Urbanism is the acceptance of the fact that life depends on strangers."

2016-02-0143:51

Bill McKibben, Climate Activist and Author - "Paris is not the game, it’s the scorecard."

2015-12-1833:54

First time Seattle council candidates - "It was okay to say I don't know."

2015-12-0845:39

Ardell Shaw, Felon Reentry in Seattle - "Your net has to be tight in order for it to work.”

2015-10-2836:48

Sarra Tekola - Black Lives Matter and Environmental Activist

2015-10-1947:17

Alex Lenferna - Fossil Fuel Divestment - the Activists

2015-10-0540:53

Kshama Sawant, Socialist City Council Member - “Fight the Power!"

2015-07-0845:53

Emily Johnston, kayaktivist - “If everything goes as planned, this week I'll be committing a crime."

2015-06-1524:07

Sharon Maeda, movement activist - "I am not sure if I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown."

2015-06-1036:43

Lisa Daugaard, civil rights attorney - "If there is no expectation of winning, there is not a good enough plan."

2015-05-1157:10

Saitoti Parmelo, African pastoralist rights - "This is, what we say, land-grabbing."

2015-04-2723:27

00:00

Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."

#box-pro-ellipsis-176171311739123{-webkit-line-clamp:2;}Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."

Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."

Joey Glocke

Danni Askini, Transgender Advocate, Candidate - "I was able to humanize an abstract issue."