It is time to stop trying to make the market do good. It is time to stop trying to fuse the functions of the federal government with the private sector… It is the government that should be providing well-paying jobs, quality schools, universal childcare and health care, affordable housing, and protections against surveillance and brutality from law enforcement.” Although such policies now seem a long way off, clearly articulating the goals is a crucial part of the struggle to achieve them.

At a time when trans rights are increasingly threatened, Democrats are distancing themselves from trans issues while attempting to forge middle-of-the-road positions on trans issues that might be more palatable to centrists and Republicans.