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SPOTLIGHT & GAME CHANGERS
Corey Johnson’s entry into the New York City Comptroller’s race has shaken things up – and Corey’s ready to make history as the first out LGBTQ person and first HIV+ person ever elected to citywide office in New York [[link removed]] !
Tyler Titus is ready to make history as the highest-serving non-binary person in Pennsylvania history with his race for Erie County Executive. Learn all about his race here [[link removed]] !
Brad Hoylman spoke with Jewish Insider about his campaign for the Manhattan Borough Presidency, meeting his husband in New York, and his continued love for the city [[link removed]] .
As Georgians continue to protest the passage of a voter suppression bill, our candidate for the Atlanta City Council, Liliana Bakhtiari , is proudly standing with out state Representative Park Cannon [[link removed]] , who was arrested while seeking an audience with the Governor [[link removed]] .
BIG APPLE POLITICOS
Many of our New York women for City Council, including Spotlight candidate Crystal Hudson for District 35 and Tiffany Cabán for District 22, are leading the pack in fundraising [[link removed]] !
A big endorsement for Lynn Schulman in her race for City Council District 29: the term-limited incumbent, Karen Koslowitz, is standing with her [[link removed]] !
Sound advice from Chi Ossé , our candidate for City Council District 36: “Give people flowers while they are living.” Read more sage advice and an update from the campaign trail in Chi’s interview with The Cut [[link removed]] !
New York’s already complicated ballot petitioning process has been future complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic – and two out candidates are speaking out against it. Read Amit Bagga’s (City Council District 26) [[link removed]] and Wilfredo Florentino (City Council District 42) [[link removed]] stories about the risks associated with signature collection during a pandemic.
The phone bank for Marti Cumming’s campaign for City Council District 7 might be over, but their dance moves will live forever [[link removed]] . Marti and their team made over 2,000 phone calls [[link removed]] !
TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY
Victory Fund is proud to stand with GLAAD and add our names to an open letter supporting trans women and girls, honoring both Women’s History Month and Transgender Day of Visibility [[link removed]] .
Learn a little bit more about our out trans and nonbinary candidates and their fight to make history here [[link removed]] !
HAPPY NATIONAL OUT TO WIN DAY!
Held annually on April 2nd, Victory Institute hosts National Out to Win Day to educate and encourage out people everywhere to run for office. 47 years ago on April 2nd, Kathy Kozachenko won her race for the Ann Arbor City Council, becoming the first out LGBTQ person ever elected in the United States. Head to outtowin.org to learn more, hear inspirational videos from our elected officials and watch a sneak peak of our Candidate & Campaign Trainings [outtowin.org] . And read Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s National Out to Win Day message here [[link removed]] !
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Read Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Annise Parker’s op-ed in The Advocate, calling for more out leaders to step up and shatter their own lavender ceiling [[link removed]] .
Still not convinced? Hear from U.S. Congressman Ritchie Torres and join a panel with Arizona state Representative Daniel Hernández Jr. , Washington County (AR) Justice of the Peace Evelyn Rios Stafford , DC ANC Commissioner Rehana Mohammed and Victory Institute's Executive Director Ruben J. Gonzales about life as an out candidate on the campaign trail. Watch their full conversation here [[link removed]] !
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CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT
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