Trans-Conservative: Not an oxymoron By Blaine Badiuk “The TransConservative”   Many people look puzzled when I tell them I am a conservative. “How can you be a transwoman AND a conservative?” is the most common reply I get. While the vast majority of transgender people do support more left-leaning parties, we are not a monolithic group! There is a growing number of us who are not afraid to be proudly conservative. I want to use this first article as an opportunity to explain why my politics are the way they are.  Like many Canadians, I was inspired by the late Jack Layton, former NDP leader, believing that a better Canada was…