In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United | dG1fSnhSbVR3OHplLVE
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 Because I've always loved politics,
00:04 I saw an opportunity to be a politician.
00:07 Are you, you know, supporting Bill Clinton?
00:09 I said, no, I'm running against Bill Clinton.
00:12 And who am I?
00:13 Well, I'm Joan Jett Black, Queer Nation's candidate
00:16 for president in 1992.
00:19 That's right.
00:20 We're going to put a drag queen in the White House.
00:22 Our thing was visibility.
00:23 So here we are, bringing queer issues to the campaign,
00:27 right here, right now, in a dress.
00:29 Being able to talk to people is not an accident.
00:33 It's something that I use for good.
00:36 --walked down the street, and a lot of people
00:37 were shaking their heads.
00:39 They should be shaking their heads
00:40 at George Bush being the president of America
00:43 and not doing a damn thing about AIDS or health care.
00:45 [CHANTING]
00:48 Joan Jett Black!
00:49 Joan Jett Black!
00:51 At some point, I realized that I actually made
00:54 a little dent in history.
00:56 to be.
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