{"id":393755,"date":"2019-01-22T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-a-better-understanding-of-the-needs-of-transgenders\/"},"modified":"2019-01-22T18:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T17:17:01","slug":"prison-planet-com-sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-a-better-understanding-of-the-needs-of-transgenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-a-better-understanding-of-the-needs-of-transgenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Sen. Kamala Harris Says \u2018It\u2019s About Time We Have a Better Understanding of the Needs\u2019 of Transgenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/cnsnewscom-staff\/sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-better-understanding\"><strong>CNS News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 22, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>After announcing she was running for president, Sen. Kamala Harris (D.-Calif.) talked to reporters at her alma mater Howard University today and said that she said it is time for America to \u201chave a better understanding of the needs\u201d of transgenders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that we are at a point where we have got to stop vilifying people based sexual orientation,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand we\u2019ve got to understand that when we are talking about a particular transgender community for too long they have been the subject of bias and, frankly, a lack of understanding about their circumstance and their physical needs, in addition to any other needs they have. And it\u2019s about time that we have a better understanding of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-filter video-mrctv vf-536386 embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/536386\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Harris also said that when she was attorney general of California she \u201cworked behind the scenes to ensure that Department of Corrections would allow transitioning inmates to receive the medical attention that they required, they needed and deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/cnsnewscom-staff\/sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-better-understanding\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2019  at  7:13 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-a-better-understanding-of-the-needs-of-transgenders.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sen-kamala-harris-says-its-about-time-we-have-a-better-understanding-of-the-needs-of-transgenders.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNS NewsJanuary 22, 2019 After announcing she was running for president, Sen. Kamala Harris (D.-Calif.) talked to reporters at her alma mater Howard University today and said that she said it is time for America to \u201chave a better understanding of the needs\u201d of transgenders. \u201cI believe that we are at a point where we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-393755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}