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The Bay Area Reporter headline Trans-centering declarations submitted to SF supes
The Bay Area Reporter headline Trans-centering declarations submitted to SF supes

Bay Area Reporter: Trans-centering declarations submitted to SF supes

The Bay Area Reporter quoted me in a story about declarations San Francisco supervisors were considering regarding trans people.

I find Issuu hard to read, but it’s the only place I found the article online.

The snippet involving my quotes:

East Bay trans candidates weigh in

Two transgender women running for different city council seats in the East Bay offered comments about King’s efforts and the broader issues of the trans community.

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Emeryville City Council candidate Corry Frydlewicz, a trans woman, conveyed that while she agrees with the declarations’ content and regards them as “obvious truths,” visible change and active support for the trans community are what matter.

Frydlewicz, who also identifies as a lesbian and queer, could become one of the first transgender city councilmembers elected in the Bay Area, along with Concord council candidate Kuslits, as the Political Notebook recently reported.

“These declarations bring back those warm, fuzzy feelings of being pandered to in the bygone days of corporate Pride. Much like those slogans, this has no teeth,” Frydlewicz wrote in an email to the B.A.R.

“Will this declaration stop SFPD from bashing my siblings at our own march? Will it help folks like us find shelter and keep our homes? Will it prevent employers from hiring discrimination, laying us off first, or paying us a fraction of what cis colleagues get? Sure, speak obvious truths to the world. Just don’t act like you’re changing it. Call me when you’ve actually made it safer for us,” she continued.

Frydlewicz was referring to arrests made by San Francisco police toward the end of this year’s Trans March in the Tenderloin. Two people face felony vandalism charges, while two others face misdemeanor charges, in connection with the incident, while trans community members have met with Mayor Daniel Lurie to talk about public safety changes for next year’s event.

If elected to an Emeryville council seat, Frydlewicz, 43, emphasized that certain measures need to be prioritized, acted upon and put in place.

“First, we need to actually act on the sanctuary city designation we already have in Emeryville. We need to pull down the Flock cameras and protect the privacy of LGBTQIA+ people, immigrants, and others who are targeted by ICE, Border Patrol, and police,” she commented, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“Then we need to pass tenant protections, rent control, vacancy taxes, and build affordable housing to get – disproportionately BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ – folks off the streets and help them keep their homes. Declarations mean nothing unless we do the work,” she continued.