New in the collection: transgender delegate badge

Pinback button featuring images of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the words "Transgender Delegate."

The 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte included a record 486  LGBT delegates, 13 of whom were openly transgender.

In this photo the delegate on the right is wearing one of these oversized (3.5 inch diameter) pinback buttons.

If you had a cause, DNC vendors had a button

From vendors, a sampling of pinback buttons from the Democratic National Convention. The Occupiers didn’t achieve much success in the streets, but their designer showed considerable talent.

Speaking of unproductive protests, here’s my own.