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Encyclopedia > Midge Potts
Midge Potts speaks at a protest during the 2007 State of the Union Address.
Midge Potts speaks at a protest during the 2007 State of the Union Address.

Midge Potts (born Mitchell Eugene Potts) is a transgendered peace activist[1] and Navy veteran primarily associated with Code Pink who gained media attention in 2007 after appearing in the background during Valerie Plame's testimony before a House panel on March 16. Potts sat a few rows behind Plame and repeatedly mugged for C-SPAN cameras wearing a shirt labeled "Impeach Bush Now." Plame was seen looking back at Potts after her testimony. Photos of the protest appeared almost immediately on the Drudge Report and Potts was interviewed the following afternoon on CNN. The 2007 State of the Union Address will be held on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 9pm Eastern Standard Time. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... CODEPINK: Women for Peace is an anti-war feminist grassroots peace and social justice movement of women who seek social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent direct action. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Joseph and Valerie Wilson Valerie E. Wilson (born Valerie Elise Plame April 19, 1963, in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former United States CIA officer who once held non-official cover (NOC) status. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A typical day at the Drudge Report. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ...


Potts is a Persian Gulf War veteran who served aboard the USS Yosemite (AD-19). Potts was injured by evaporated mercury in an engine room aboard the ship and was offered an honorable discharge after failing to get treatment. She now lives off of Social Security disability benefits.[2] see also Ponzi Scheme Social security primarily refers to a field of social welfare service concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ...


Potts married and fathered a child after her discharge, but divorced in 2003. After the divorce, she began living as a woman all the time.


She unsuccessfully ran in Missouri's primary for the 7th District Congressional seat as a Republican in 2006 against incumbent Republican Congressman Roy Blunt. Potts received 7 percent of the vote of those voting the Republican primary in the southwest Missouri district. The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. ... Roy D. Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is a Republican politician from Missouri, currently representing that states 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. ...


References

  1. ^ "Midge Potts seeks change", Columbia Daily Tribune, April 16, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. (in English)
  2. ^ Alexander, David. "Transgender Navy vet protests war in Congress", Reuters, April 7, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. (in English)

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External links

  • Potts' MySpace profile
  • Google Cache version of Potts' campaign website

 

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