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LGBTQ+ Stories You Should Know About
History in Nashville: Olivia Hill will be the first trans person to serve in public office in Tennessee
Yesterday, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund candidate Olivia Hill won an at-large seat on the Nashville-Davidson County Metro Council, making her the first transgender candidate to win public office in Tennessee history! Olivia joins a majority-women council, which is another historic first for Nashville. Read more about Olivia’s victory in The Tennessean.
"This is a great step in the right direction to hopefully educate some people about how valid trans folks are and that we're here and that we're not going away,” she told Axios.
Sarah McBride is way up in a new primary poll
Great news in Delaware: LGBTQ+ Victory Fund candidate Sarah McBride is the clear frontrunner in the Democratic primary for Congress according to a new poll commissioned by Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC. In the poll of likely primary voters, Sarah gets 44% – far ahead of her opponents, who earned 23% and 18%. Read more about the poll in The Hill.
If elected, Sarah will make history as the first transgender member of Congress.
Black LGBTQ+ lawmakers protest human rights crisis in Nigeria
Last month, police in Nigeria arrested hundreds of people who were attending a wedding ceremony for a gay couple, humiliating them by parading them in front of the media. Dozens of attendees remain detained and the law is not on their side – homosexuality is punishable by up to 14 years in prison in Nigeria. In response, a group of Black LGBTQ+ elected officials protested the arrest and ongoing human rights crisis outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC.
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“We’re here to demand that Nigeria release all the detainees and drop all the charges because in a world that is increasingly recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusion, Nigeria discriminatory laws against the LGBT community remain a stain on its reputation,” said Maryland Delegate Ashanti Martinez. “These laws not only perpetuate prejudice, but also infringe upon the fundamental human rights of countless individuals.”
Zooey Zephyr featured in Time’s ‘TIME100 Next’ List
Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr – who made international headlines after Republican legislators barred her from the House floor after speaking out against an anti-transgender bill – was recognized by Time Magazine this week. Read her profile in the TIME100 Next List.
Zooey was also the subject of a recent feature story in NBC News, "How Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first trans legislator, became a national celebrity."
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