Transgender Bernie Sanders Supporter Questions Hillary Clinton's Consistency on LGBT Issues

Hayley LaPierre, a transgender University of New Hampshire student, spoke to TYT Politics Reporter Jordan Chariton at the Democratic Debate on February 4th.

"The fact that he has been standing by the trans community and the LGBT community in general, I appreciate that a lot," she told Chariton.

LaPierre noted the discrimination transgender and LGBT people are facing across the country in hiring and housing; she also questioned former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's consistency on the issues important to her.

Here is Hayley's description of herself:

"I am transgender. Transgender simply means you do not identify as the gender you were assigned at birth. I was assigned female at birth (aka they titled me female by means of identifying that I had a vagina) but I do not identify as female. That is what makes me trans, the fact that I don't identify as female. This doesn't mean I have to transition to male, this doesn't even mean I have to identify as male, because male and female are known as the gender binary and there are so many genders people can identify as outside of the gender binary. I do not identify within the gender binary; therefore I would find it redundant to get an operation to become biologically male - either way, my sex would be binary and I would feel uncomfortable with my body regardless. I do not plan on getting any surgery to change my outward appearance. I identify as neither male nor female. The best term I can think of to define my gender is androgynous (which is under the umbrella term non-binary)."