Yesterday afternoon, I received a very, very special email from an official government email address:
This September, I will be heading down to Washington D.C. to take part in an Up and Coming LGBT Leaders gathering. I expect this will be an absolutely amazing experience. I’ll be able to tour the west wing, attend a LGBT Policy Summit, and meet numerous other young queer leaders across the country.
Over the next few days, I plan to significantly increase the amount of posts I make, and truly start expanding on the structure I laid out here on my site several months ago. I also have business cards coming in next week. Stay tuned for more posts and information in the very near future!
Gwen
/ August 29, 2012Yay! That is really really cool! Congratulations, Ashley!
Ashley Hope
/ September 4, 2012Thank you so much Gwen!
A Friend
/ August 29, 2012My partner would all but kill for an opportunity to photograph / report on an event like this in some sort of official capacity. No idea how you did it, but congratulations just the same.
Ashley Hope
/ September 4, 2012Thank you so much! I wont be reporting, or taking anything physical from this. I’m going to speak, to learn, to educate, to get involved, and to truly see what Politics has to offer a young transgender woman who has repeatedly slipped through the cracks of the system, who has repeatedly been denied basic rights because of the very thing they are honoring me for. I cannot wait for the trip! Its going to be amazing. And besides, I recently learned several of my close friends and people I have worked with for years will also be going to this trip!