Name: Susan Buchser-Lochocki
Home or campaign office address: New York City, NY 10280
Preferred E-mail address: [email protected]
Office you are seeking: President of the United States of America, also Green Party Presidental Nominee.
Date of election: November 3rd, 2020, also Green Party Convention in July to be OUR Nominee
Campaign website: www.n-art.ch *my official site is down sure to google issues, this is my temporary site.
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1. Despite the 35% reduction in people without medical insurance (as of March 2015), due to the Affordable Care Act, those in the LGBTQIA community are still less likely than those in the general population to have medical insurance (and even those with medical insurance are less likely to have full access to healthcare such as psychological care, hormonal treatment, and surgical needs of the T* community.) How do you propose to address this discrepancy?
Medicare for all, so H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 or some other variation on the concept if we stay in a monetary society.
Healthcare is a Human Right and that means for all humans.
I just put out two videos about how to go forward after the CoronaVirus and i talk about 4 Ways Forward, 2 are without money being used, and the other two are returning to a monetary world with all the bankruptcies and layoffs, etc. I lean toward moving forward without money... living with Human rights for all. Talk Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2020 part1 https://youtu.be/XUDD22kIpfE
2. Do you support H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019? <https://www.congress.gov/
I do I think it seems like it's well thought out and written however it's written in lawyer talk, it would be nice to have these things written in actual user English where people can understand it better.
So I read the document about the Medicare for all Act, I think it's good.
My only issue is it seems we will still be paying for it but through taxes and since our tax system isn't working I do have a problem with that.
The only people who really pay taxes are the poor people through to the middle-class, because THEY PAY their taxes. They don't earn enough money to take advantage of loopholes in the tax system. So until we get rid of all the loopholes in the tax system, which is something I would like to do, and then when everyone from the poor to the billionaires PAY their ACTUAL TAXES, we will have enough money.
Unfortunately, what happens right now when the upper-middle class and the 1% have lawyers, and they like to pay them to find loopholes or better, a way to NOT pay taxes.
And then what happens is, the money that they would have paid to the United States for just paying their taxes actually goes into their lawyer's pockets, instead. For me that's very unamerican, it hurts the system it's been hurting the system since it began, it's time to get rid of loopholes and have everybody JUST pay taxes. AND i mean everybody.
But the other thing I don't understand is how we constantly say we the government will give people MORE money, so a raise in SS or in the minimum wage, but then we turn around and tax that new income, until it is actually, is NO RAISE at all... so one thought I had was to give people Mother's pay Father's pay and Workers pay, but then we pay them and then we tax them? That doesn't make sense, why don't we just include it in the offer to give Mother's pay Father's pay Worker's pay. We just include the fact that they get Health Care, they don't have to pay extra for it it's just there.
Then internally in the government you just allocate money to the Medicare of all Fund. Lets not make this more complicated then it has to be.
or we move away from money altogether and then it is a human right.
3. One way to demonstrate inclusion is having more options on government documents than just “Male” and “Female”. Would you work to have this change implemented?
Yes, there are more than two sexes... I think a good possibility would be to have the labels Male, Female and Rainbow or Lavendar...I kind of like that. I think everybody would like that. What do you think? I made a video about this too.
Talk Tuesday, Nov 12th, 202, Part 1 https://youtu.be/FKMwONPEViA
4. The website of The Intersex Society of North America notes their opposition to “genital ‘normalizing’ surgery” at birth for intersex persons. Do you support intersex people having right of fully informed consent for body self determination rather than having medical personnel and caregivers make these medical decisions?
100% I support intersex people the right to make their own decisions... Yes.
That is probably part of the problem that these things are being decided AT BIRTH when they should be decided Later at 10-ish or later-later depending on the situation. However, there's no guarantee that later you will know 100% what sexuality you want to be, but you will have a better understanding of you at that time.
A nurse, a doctor or your parents on the day you're born dont know what you want to be. So yes I think intersex people have every right to make their own choice. Whenever the person has decided...
Naturally there should be steps made to make sure the child is making the best choice at the time of decision. A Councelor and perhaps they could meet one or two people like them to hear good and bad sides to the different choices... Knowledge helps.
5. How else would you improve healthcare access for the LGBTQIA community?
So lately I've been thinking women we have OGBYN so Gynecologist to go to once a year to get clear about our Bodies make sure that we're healthy and ask questions about sexuality.
I think men need that too and you the Lavenders don't have it, either.
Have a constantly available Human Body Guide, I guess is the best way to say it to check that everything is okay and to make sure that you're healthy sexually and otherwise.
Also, we need to break away from the concept that its TABU to talk about sex. And I mean being sexual, or not being sexual, unfortunately, this is still very taboo and we need to talk about it. I hope to make some videos about it soon.
6. What plan do you have for international issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity or expression?
Lead by example. other countries are not as advanced as the United States so we owe it to the world to keep leading. I think Brazil is pretty open to gender identity and Lavendar issues so maybe we can also learn something from them.
For me, my priority is the American people so I think that's my focus we have enough problems in our own country I don't really need to worry about the other countries at the moment, except maybe learn things from them.
7. The LGBT Equality Act essentially adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the current Civil Rights Act. Would you support the LGBT Equality Act? http://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EqualityAct.pdf
YES itis probably something that needs to be adopted because the original document needed some updating because it wasn't covering all the various people and situations. The more we move forward, and issues become less taboo, we do need to keep updating our documents and making sure that everyone is covered so that we have equality for everyone.
So yes I'm a supporter.
8. Transgender people face discrimination in employment. The Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (TEEI) was the first initiative in the nation to help transgender people enter the workplace. Would you be willing to implement a federal initiative like the TEEI? http://www.teeisf.org/Do you support the inclusion of transgender people in all federal non-discrimination and hate crime legislation?
Yes I would be willing to implement and/or support an initiative.
My plan is to have education, I think once people get educated and learn to not be afraid of different ways of happiness, once they have knowledge, things will go better anyways.
So yes we should include Transgender people in discriminatory and hate crime legislation absolutely.
9. Police have a long history in this country of harassment against marginalized groups. People of color, those with disabilities, those who are homeless, transgender people and others who go against mainstream gender norms, are stopped, questioned, arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison, (and sometimes beaten, shot, or murdered) more often than people outside of those categories who have committed the same (usually minor) crimes or infractions (including simply being there). How would you propose ending this cycle of discrimination and violence? How would you change police training? What is the role of private prisons? What other changes would you make?
Starting with education, and exposure, it is for me the foundation of making any real lasting change. Through knowledge, people think and then connect differently.
Firstly I would like to reduce the number of things that are considered a crime.
So for instance on highways where there are multiple lanes, I would like to make the left lane speed zone free so that people can enjoy driving their car the way it was meant to be enjoyed.
Also, we need to end the war on drugs make drugs legal, and make places where people can go and enjoy them. I guess sort of like a drug therapy area where you can go and hang out and have a joint with friends and giggle away the night. Or if you want to do something more serious like take mushrooms then we might have a special mushroom room, where you could go and have your experience. Staff would watch over you and make sure you don't hurt yourself sort of like a Spa a drug Spa.
Also make Prostitution legal and turn Prostitutes so into therapists, so sex therapists.
That way people can go to a therapist, men, and women and work out issues that they have if they need to be held or cuddled or made love to, they can get that done so that they feel like a whole person. Just think how nice and happy everyone would be if they were not so lonely and unsatisfied. And I think that would help a lot of police and a lot of people with prejudice issues once they start getting some sex therapy I think that will help them a great deal to stop their behavior.
For me what is AGAINST THE LAW is:
Killing(Humans and Animals), Beating/Mental or Physical Abuse(Humans and Animals), Raping(Humans and Animals), and kidnapping/stealing(Humans, Animals, others property) .
I think that in general people are good and try to do their best and follow the rules.
I think with less cops roaming the streets looking for drug deals, looking for prostitution, speeders, and looking for thieves, the streets will be safer for people of all races, beliefs, freedoms of expression sexual orientation, etc.
Right now we are living in a Police State environment, with too much masculinity. We, the people of the USA need a feminine touch.
The US has been ruled by men and only men for too long. It's time for female qualities to be seen and used and appreciated.
And then also with drugs being legal and prostitution being legal, everyone in prison who is in prison because of these reasons will be released immediately. Prisons are only for REAL criminals people who steal, people who kill, people who rape, people who beat, people who kidnapped, that's who will be in the prisons.
10. Children who identify (or appear to identify) as LGBTQIA are more likely to encounter discrimination and violence in school. Not just from fellow students but also from school staff and parents. They may be excluded from class or activities, they are more likely to get suspended or have other disciplinary actions taken against them, they may be kept from bathrooms or locker rooms, and they drop out of school at an increased rate. What steps would you take as President to stop school violence and to end discrimination against children who are LGBTQIA?
A couple of ways, first through education I'm going to be starting an education program to learn about different cultures and in that we can also include the different rainbow spectrum of sexual orientation so that it becomes normal already from childhood. For me education is key when we give people information and it's presented in a logical way it can be grasped completely and understood completely.
I think one thing that helped me to be open is my art school background, so maybe we have to require teenagers especially, to draw people of different backgrounds both culturally and sexually because when you draw you have to look at the person/object you will be drawing and find beauty in it... 😊 Art is so important and then also a class on ethics is always good.
My school program has kids coming home for lunch to their homes to be with their parents and loved ones, because the problems arise when the kids have nothing to do after lunch and they start forming gangs at the schools, and then they pick on each other, that has to stop.
So home for lunch is the way, plus they get love at home and can recharge their batteries for the afternoon learning.
11. Please tell us a bit about the work you have done on these issues to date and work you plan to do once the presidential campaign is over.
I've been a mom in a foreign land and I've had to overcome a lot of issues and prejudice here where I live in Switzerland. I am seen as a foreigner here even though I have Swiss citizenship, now.
I have been leading by example organizing all sorts of cultural events since my daughter was born 18 years ago.
I've been promoting American holidays and festivals like Halloween and Thanksgiving, plus I have been helping to teach English through children's songs and activities, and promoting unity between different cultures by exposing people to try new foods like Tacos, or Peking Duck, Thanksgiving Dinner, etc.
And that was in my daughter's early years, until she was three, then she had childhood leukemia two times and recovered. She's now 18.
Once she recovered and returned to school I was in charge of something for 5 years called, English around the World which is a Day Camp that the Zurich International Women's Association (ZIWA) organizes once a year for a week where 20 Swiss kids get to come and have an English immersion week, with all sorts of cultural activities from around the world. It's about building bridges of culture and it works so I would recommend implementing that or a lot of the strategies from the camp into the school curriculums. I also had Transgender, Gay Lesbian, Straight, and I'm not sure who else, working with me on these projects, equally. GREAT FUN was had by all.
My dream is to make our public school system better. We have so much potential, we can do it together.
12. How do you think the current GPUS LGBTQIA platform should be improved? http://www.gp.org/social_justice/#sjCivilRights
First up I'm not sure if your link is going to the right page anymore on the website.
I think a lot of the Green Party platform currently doesn't go far enough in support of people. So I have my four ways forward and three of them I consider to be working ideas models of a Future Way Forward for the United States.
A living minimum wage is $35 an hour. Then I have an idea to promote Families and family life. We are on the advent of mass unemployment not only from the Coronavirus but also due to robots. So I suggest that people work two to three days a week and the rest of the time is for family, for relaxing, for you to get to know yourself, and for your hobbies.
We/USA are working way too much!
And we're working for this thing called money, we have it so that we can prove we're better than other people. And it's time to stop this.
So I am promoting moving forward in a world without money. I gave you the link to my video there's the part 1 and part 2 above it one of the other questions please feel free to go and have a look at it. My policies work regardless of sexual orientation or identity they are for everyone for every couple, for every lifestyle.
13. How do you think the current GPUS AIDS platform should be improved?
I'm with you on the better quality of life.
I think it's time to start teaming up with the World Governments on AIDS and see where everybody is and who's doing it right. My understanding is that it's somehow curable now so it doesn't have the same stigma that it once did.
I'm not 100% sold that we need to throw so much money into developing a cure but I don't know enough about all the information to make a 100% declaration about how to go forward on this issue, it is just one illness out there, and we now have the CoronaVirus and many others so I don't know how much money is available.
On the other hand if we do my plan and we move away from a Monetary Society, then money is out of the question, and it's a matter of we need people who WANT TO do the research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMwONPEViA&feature=youtu.be
http://www.gp.org/social_justice/#sjCivilRights
14. The acronym LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) is well known. The Lavender Greens Caucus works towards being inclusive for all so we use the acronym LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual). Other people use SO/GI (sexual orientation/gender identity) and others use SGM (sexual/gender minority). The word "gay" to refer to our group is non-inclusive. Would you agree to use LGBTQIA when giving presentations? Or is there another name you want to use for our community?
I can use the word LGBTQIA but I actually like saying Lavender Greens or Lavender people. That works for me or the shorter acronyms might also be easier to say. You tell me what you want me to say, it's not up to me, it's up to you.
15. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is likely to be used as a basis for discrimination against LGBTQIA people in places other than religious institutions. It may also allow corporations to regulate women's bodies by actions such as controlling access to birth control prescriptions. How will you insure that the 1st Amendment is recognized while preventing discrimination?
Last time I heard the United States is based on the separation of church and state, so I don't know how this Religious Freedoms Act is getting in the way. There is Personal Freedom, there is Religious Freedom and the two do not mix. One does not have more rights than the other.
Not every building or church is a public space so you need to be aware that once inside, you might be in a private space, you may not feel welcome. That is also a right, it's not my way, but it is our right as a citizen who owns a private space, you can decide who you want in your nonpublic space.
16. What is your position on the National Lavender Green Caucus Call for Justice and Reconciliation with the Georgia Green Party?
This is where we disagree, the document in question was about the UN trying to correct some of their mistakes over the years where they were using definitions and words that were misleading and miss guiding and confusing. No new rules were set up, everything was already decided at one time in the past, it's just a document to clarify how to talk about natural-born women and what that means, and then what is Gender Identity and what that means, and clarifies the differences.
I understand you want to be accepted as complete women and in my opinion you are, but some things are not the same on us, and in the terminology that they need to use in the documents written about it, is exactly that point.
We are not exactly the same, it doesn't make me a better Woman than a Transgender Woman, it simply states the difference.
You are beautiful just the way you are... VIVA our Diversity!
Lastly, in my opinion you may want to apologize to the Georgia Green Party for making this an issue. I don't know how it all got started but maybe it's enough, now. Just a thought.