LaSaia Wade

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Title

LaSaia Wade

Subject

2013 - Living in rural Tennessee, she went to a local community center and demanded space not just for white trans people, she said, but for all trans people. The organization she created there was called
Tennessee Transgender Justice Project (TNTJ).

Description

Wade was concerned by what she saw as a lack of space and resources for trans people to build community. Speaking to the managers of that rural community center she said: "‘You will give us space. You will allow us to have space. And we will not accept a no.’”
Wade was determined not to be at risk for not having space, as NBC journalist reports, Wade went on the say: "That’s just my motto. I need to be safe and I will be safe now, so give me my safe space."
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