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Five LGBTQ Stories You Should Know About
1. President Biden 🤝 Tina
President Biden is off to Oregon to campaign with Game Changer candidate Tina Kotek who would be one of the nation’s first out lesbian governors in history! [[link removed]] And we get why President Biden is so excited about Tina: she is a fearless pro-choice, pro-equality fighter [[link removed]] who will deliver results for all Oregonians. Check out Tina’s recent debate where she outlined her vision for the future. [[link removed]]
2. Happy National Coming Out Day!
On Tuesday, we celebrated the 34th anniversary of National Coming Out Day! [[link removed]] Spotlight candidate Mary Moriarty spoke with NBC to tell her coming out story for the first time in the media. Mary, who has served as a public defender for over three decades [[link removed]] and is now running for Hennepin County attorney in Minnesota, came out on the campaign trail earlier this year [[link removed]] ! “This was a big, big decision for me. I hoped it would help people struggling with their identity.” Click here to read her coming out story in NBC! [[link removed]]
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For years, Game Changer candidate Eric Sorensen helped his local community battle countless storms [[link removed]] as their weatherman. In his new ad “Storm,” [[link removed]] Eric promises to not only warn them about the storms brewing in Washington, but also have their backs no matter what.
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4. “I’m a Chick with Opinions and I’m a Chick with a Record”
Spotlight candidate Celia Israel spoke with Axios this week about why she is the best candidate for Austin Mayor. [[link removed]] Celia would be the first Latina mayor of a major U.S. city and would be the first out LGBTQ Mayor of Austin. The entire interview is definitely worth a read [[link removed]] , but to get you started, here is sneak peak:
“Am I going to back down when they say to corporations based in Austin, you can't take employees to get abortions in New Mexico? You damn right I’m not going to. As a woman, as a member of the LGBT community, as a Latina, I'll speak up.”
Check out her campaign information here! [[link removed]]
5. Say It with Us: All Politics is Local
For over 30 years, Victory Fund has supported LGBTQ candidates up and down the ballot because electing LGBTQ people to local office is key to protecting our rights [[link removed]] . Sean Meloy , our Vice President of Political Programs, recently sat down with them. magazine to talk about the importance of electing LGBTQ candidates at all levels of government, especially school boards and state legislatures where so much of the recent onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation [[link removed]] has occurred. Read the full article here! [[link removed]]
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