Kim Coco Iwamoto: Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Hawaii

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Kim Coco Iwamoto talks about running for Lieutenant Governor in Hawaii and what inspired her to run for the Hawaii State Board of Education in 2006 (she was the first openly trans person to win a statewide election). She also talks about her mother's experience in a Japanese Internment Camp in America during WWII, taking activism to the streets with the group, The Transexual Menace, and being a foster parent to LGBTQ youth. More info on Kim: http://vote.kimcoco.com/ LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters: https://twitter.com/jeffmasters1 AIDS Life/Cycle: http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, I'm Jeffrey Masters, and today on LGBTQ&A, I'm talking to Kim Coco Iwo,
0:09.0	who I really believe you were going to be hearing a lot about this year.
0:12.8	Kim was the first openly trans person to win a statewide election.
0:16.6	That was in 2006, and that also made her at the time the highest ranking openly trans-elected
0:22.1	official in the nation.
0:23.9	Now she's running for lieutenant governor in Hawaii, and we had a really interesting conversation
0:28.3	about that, as well as her long history of fighting for civil rights, as an attorney and even
0:34.0	before that with the group, the Transsexual Menace.
0:36.3	The Transsexual Menace is one of the first direct action groups for trans rights.
0:40.3	So all that's coming up.
0:41.7	But before we get to it, though, don't forget that our old home at After Miss TV is the number
0:46.6	one place for all your TV talk needs.
0:48.9	So make sure you check them out.
0:50.4	And then, as always, if you like our show, please subscribe, rank us by stars, leave a comment on iTunes.
0:57.2	Specifically, leaving a comment on iTunes is one of the biggest ways you can help our show to grow.
1:02.7	All right, without further ado, here's Kim.
1:08.5	So you were a member of the Hawaii State Board of Education.
1:11.6	That's correct.
1:12.6	You were elected in 2006, which made you the first openly trans person to win a state election.
1:17.6	You got a lot of national attention during that time.
1:20.6	Were you aware of that before?
1:21.6	I suspected it might become noteworthy.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jeffrey Masters, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jeffrey Masters and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.