This is the Queerty Interview where we bring you conversations with the most exciting LGBTQ+ voices in entertainment, activism, and beyond. 

Activist Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen has spent years fighting for trans rights on the national stage, and he’s not slowing down. In this special edition of the Queerty Interview we sit down with Pride 50 honoree, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen. He opens up about growing up as the first openly trans child of a member of Congress, building power through advocacy, and launching the groundbreaking U.S. Trans Survey. He reflects on the backlash that comes with progress, the lessons of LGBTQ+ history, and why trans joy, community, and even pet portraits might be the key to changing hearts and minds.

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