Transgender New Hampshire state Rep. Alice Wade (D) today accused Democratic Socialist U.S. House candidate Heath Howard of pressuring her to drop out of her race because he believed her trans identity would spoil her chances. He initially denied all wrongdoing, but later admitted to making comments about her gender.
The article summary implies they just one time admitted the uncomfortable truth that being trans does hurt your chances of being elected in this country in this year, but that’s much worse. How can you tell somebody that your friendship will be over for being who they are?
If a friendship will be over because one party to it is pursuing a goal they genuinely believe in, that is not only to the betterment of their community but because of who they are as a human being, I think it’s safe to say there was never actually a two-person friendship there.
Or to put it another way, I am certain that of the two, Alice Wade was a real friend and thought she was in a real friendship.