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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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Chile elects their first transgender official to their national legislature
The South American country is also close to legalizing marriage equality, although a far-right candidate is close to becoming president.
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There are only 5 Black trans elected officials across the entire United States
Trans people are underrepresented in elected office, and even fewer are people of color. Candidates and advocates say that campaign finance and economic disparities are major factors.
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Caitlyn Jenner panders to religious right & cites the Bible in new campaign spot
“Together we’ll send a message to Sacramento that the power belongs to the people — and we only worship God!” she says in the new ad.
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Danica Roem believes voting & running for office can combat the right’s anti-trans efforts
Danica Roem explains that Republicans are pushing anti-trans bills in part to prove to each other that they are not “insufficiently conservative.”
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Eddie Izzard could become the UK’s first transgender member of Parliament
Izzard says she might run for office to oust Boris Johnson as Prime Minister because he “has lied upon lied.”
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Civil rights and accessibility in Virginia may hinge on Danica Roem’s reelection
People believe the state is currently on a Democratic swing- but the transgender delegate’s upcoming election is still too close for comfort.
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Elected officials across the nation are calling on congress to pass LGBTQ rights laws
The “rainbow wave” is flexing its muscles.
