Summary of Danica Roem's Burn the Page

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:

#1 I was able to keep my health insurance in 2019, which came with the added bonus of being able to continue driving bigots crazy with accusations of being a transgender delegate.

#2 The first person to ask me to consider running for office was James Parrish, who led the LGBTQ rights organization Equality Virginia in Richmond. I had never been involved with activism before, but I felt like I could help out legislators who hadn’t seen me in person since I changed my name and gender marker.

#3 I was a journalist at the Montgomery County Sentinel, a newspaper in Maryland, and I was burning out. I was stagnating, and my enthusiasm was dipping. I loved this career, but it wasn’t panning out.

#4 I had become intent on plotting how to get the Prince William County School Board to revise their nondiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation and gender identity. I spent every shift at the Afghan Kabob House, plotting how to earn those five votes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822510753

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Insights on Danica Roem's Burn the Page

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was able to keep my health insurance in 2019, which came with the added bonus of being able to continue driving bigots crazy with accusations of being a transgender delegate.

#2

The first person to ask me to consider running for office was James Parrish, who led the LGBTQ rights organization Equality Virginia in Richmond. I had never been involved with activism before, but I felt like I could help out legislators who hadn’t seen me in person since I changed my name and gender marker.

#3

I was a journalist at the Montgomery County Sentinel, a newspaper in Maryland, and I was burning out. I was stagnating, and my enthusiasm was dipping. I loved this career, but it wasn’t panning out.

#4

I had become intent on plotting how to get the Prince William County School Board to revise their nondiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation and gender identity. I spent every shift at the Afghan Kabob House, plotting how to earn those five votes.

#5

I was poor, and I didn’t think I could afford to run for office. But I was wrong.

#6

I knew I could be a plausible candidate for the House seat. I knew Bob Marshall was wildly out of step with a district that voted Democratic in higher-turnout federal elections. I figured Hillary Clinton would win the presidency in 2016, which would excite Democrats and help elect Virginia's first Black senator.

#7

I knew that developing good relationships with reporters and getting adequate coverage wasn't a problem, as long as my three decades of ye-olde-personal-effups wouldn't be much of an issue. I knew I could win the election if I could raise the money to pay for a full campaign team and a full ad campaign.

#8

I knew that if I could