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The wave of anti-transgender bills is motivating trans people to run for office
A new study found that LGBTQ+ candidates are particularly motivated to run for office and also face unique obstacles.
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Mississippi just elected its first-ever out gay state legislator: Fabian Nelson
He said he’d like to repeal an infamous anti-LGBTQ+ law to lure businesses back to his home state.
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Sarah McBride is raking in campaign cash just days after announcing run for Congress
She said that her being transgender means she knows “what it’s like to feel like your government doesn’t have your back.”
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GOP lawmaker asks lesbian colleague the most offensive question ever
And he’s not apologizing.
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Chicago’s first Black & lesbian mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid
“I stand here with my head held high and a heart full of gratitude,” Lightfoot said in her concession speech.
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How to build Black LGBTQ+ power in 2023
Across the country, exceptional Black LGBTQ+ leaders are stepping up to run for public office. Here are some of the candidates running this year.
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Kyrsten Sinema shredded by fellow Democrats for blocking gun reform as kids are killed
“Please just stop.. unless you are willing to break the filibuster to actually pass sensible gun control measures you might as well just say ‘thoughts and prayers,'” one legislator wrote.
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Mississippi is the only state without an out LGBTQ elected official now
While it used to be rare for an elected official to be out, now the ranks are swelling around the nation.
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Caitlyn Jenner criticizes California for being “number one” in her latest campaign ad
Caitlyn also claims that Gavin Newsom is rolling back his “oppressive” policies because “I started running for Governor.”
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GOP House members starting “Anglo-Saxon” caucus receive relentless online clowning
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are condemning Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar’s Trump-worshipping group for “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”
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Out Democrat Brian Sims announces run for Lt. Governor
“We are the antidote to broken politics,” the liberal firebrand said in a video announcing his 2022 run.
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How the world reacted to Trump-worshipping rioters taking hold of the U.S. Capitol
The world took to Donald Trump’s favorite platform, Twitter, to condemn him as his account got suspended.
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These are the out or LGBTQ ally political figures you can expect to make headlines in 2021
Malcolm Kenyatta, Scott Wiener, and Mondaire Jones are among those you can expect to be at the forefront of politics in the new year.
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Fort Lauderdale’s out mayor faced intimidation & slurs from Trump supporters. He was still reelected.
Mayor Dean Trantalis had pink flags left around his home and slurs hurled at him. He’s not alone in being targeted.
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Meet six new LGBTQ state lawmakers who just won their first elections all over the country
LGBTQ candidates from Texas to Delaware are going to make big changes in state legislatures.
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Out Congressman Chris Pappas reelected to House of Representatives
Pappas wins reelection in a Congressional seat that has had a revolving door for a decade.
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Ritchie Torres will be the first out Afro-Latinx person elected to Congress
The New York City Councilmember may have engineered a landslide victory despite facing anti-LGBTQ opposition.
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Who will be LGBTQ Nation’s Up & Coming Politician of the Year?
The LGBTQ Nation Up & Coming Politician of the Year award honors the best representation of the LGBTQ community in a bid for public office.
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Out former Congresswoman Katie Hill has some choice words for Jerry Falwell Jr
“STFU and go back to the corner Jerry.”
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Barney Frank thinks he’s got a winning slogan for the 2020 Senate campaigns
It’s all about using Mitch McConnell to turn out Democratic voters.