Texas Senate candidate James Talarico told a supporter he'll 'always fight for trans kids' in a video taken at a recent campaign rally.
Talarico, who has come under fire for seemingly walking back some of his support for trans rights, also stressed that his pro-trans positions “haven’t changed.”
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James Talarico Tells Supporter He’ll ‘Always’ ‘Fight for Trans Kids’ in New Video
Talarico, under fire for seemingly walking back some of support for trans rights, recently promised to “fight for trans kids” and stressed that his pro-trans positions “haven’t changed.”
![STATEMENT FROM U4TL ON A4TE'S
"ECONOMIC RETRENCHMENT"
ON THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, THE UNION FOR TRANS LIBERATION (U4TL) MET WITH ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY'S (A4TE) EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM (ELT) FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A4TE ANNOUNCED
"ECONOMIC RETRENCHMENT" AND
"POTENTIALLY ELIMINAT[ING] SOME POSITIONS" TO THE PUBLIC-AND ELT SHOWED UP UNPREPARED.
OUR UNION MEMBERS ORGANIZED, RATIFIED OUR CONTRACT, AND CAME TO THE TABLE YESTERDAY READY TO WORK. WE WERE SURPRISED WHEN MANAGEMENT WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER BASIC, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION. IDEALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM BEFORE ANNOUNCING POTENTIAL LAYOFFS TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PUBLIC. STAFF AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vzofp36dmh2xru34yk2eaojs/bafkreie2q434jrye6a6imy7rgcjzxbemhhxjhuhpg4byshcdtsqfm45jy4)
