transgender candidate

Fueled by drag, Taylor Small is making a historic run – although she didn’t even plan to run for office. Like most of us, she rolled with the punches in 2020.

“I’m an average person. I’ve had to work two part-time jobs to make ends meet. I’ve had to work overnights before for over twelve years. I understand it. I understand what people struggle through.”

When the local newspaper outed her as trans, it brought an abrupt end to her political career.

Alaska’s interior is an unlikely place to find big political gains, but two trans women have been elected to office – and that’s a positive for our community.

The 2018 midterms have more transgender people running for office than ever before. But why? And why now?

The 2018 election may be one of the most important midterms for transgender people.

While one transgender candidate in California has dropped out, two more are running for New York State Assembly.

“It’s all just girls, girls, girls playing politics.”

Bob Marshall wrote the state’s proposed transgender bathroom bill and was handily defeated by Danica Roem, a transgender woman.

Her anti-LGBTQ opponent has refused to debate her and has misgendered her in the press.