"This is about all of us": Transgender athlete Schuyler Bailar pushes for LGBTQ inclusion in fight for abortion rights
CBSN
Hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the fifth annual Women's March — and to advocate for reproductive rights in the U.S. Among the speakers was Schuyler Bailar, an iconic transgender athlete and activist, who reminded attendees and observers that abortion rights are not just a woman's issue but an LGBTQ one as well.
"I am a transgender man, which means that although I am a man, I was assigned female at birth, which means that I have a uterus. Which means that I could get pregnant. Which means that I could need an abortion," he said. "I am here to remind you to make it absolutely clear that people of all genders can have abortions, and people of all genders should have safe and legal access to abortions."
"This is a women's issue, and it is also a transgender man's issue. It is also a nonbinary person's issue. It is also a gender queer, gender fluid, transmasculine person's issue," he said. "This is about all of us."
