Flipping the Script with Danica Roem

Rah sits down with Danica Roem, the nation’s first out-and-seated transgender state legislator, to discuss her memoir, Burn the Page: A true story of torching doubts, blazing trails, and igniting change. They touch on why it’s important to get involved in politics and what it means to flip the script and write your own story. 

Check out Danica’s Memoir:

Burn The Page: A true story of torching doubts, blazing trails, and igniting change

Other Resources mentioned: 

Metalheads with kazoos drown out Westboro Baptist Church:

https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/metalheads-with-kazoos-drown-out-westboro-baptist-church-at-capitol/

Democratic Training for Women & the LGBTQ community: 

https://emergeamerica.org/

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This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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