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LGBTQ+ Stories You Should Know About
Victories Across the Country
Tuesday was Election Day in California, Florida and Vermont! LGBTQ+ Victory Fund candidates Alan Clendenin , running for Tampa City Council, made it to the April 25th runoff [[link removed]] and Michaela Perez’s race for Oxnard City Council in California remains too close to call.
Jane Castor , running for reelection as Mayor of Tampa, Florida, easily won with over 80% of the vote! [[link removed]]
Charles Judge , running for Winooski City Council in Vermont, won on Tuesday as well. Winooski is now the third city in U.S. history to have an all-LGBTQ+ city council! [[link removed]]
Tyler Titus Announces Bid for Erie City Council
It’s official: Tyler Titus is running for Erie City Council! If elected, they will be the first out trans person to ever serve on the Council. [[link removed]] Victory Fund is excited to support their historic race and is proud to be one of their first endorsements this cycle.
Catch up quick: after becoming the first out elected trans official in Pennsylvania history in 2017, Tyler has spent the past five years at the frontline fighting for change, justice and equity within the state. [[link removed]]
Mayor Parker on Anti-LGBTQ Bills & Fighting Back
On Wednesday, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Parker joined Julie Mason on Sirius XM [[link removed]] to discuss the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills sweeping our country – and Victory Fund’s strategy to fight back. There is no such thing as an “off year” and in 2023, there are multiple out LGBTQ state legislative candidates on the ballot.
Spotlight candidate Danica Roem , who is running for the Virginia state Senate, continues to kill bill after bill in Virginia [[link removed]] and in Mississippi, one of just two states with zero out LGBTQ state lawmakers, Fabian Nelson is running for the state House which just passed a horrific anti-trans bill. [[link removed]] Listen to Mayor Parker’s full interview here. [[link removed]]
Black LGBTQ+ Leaders Who Refuse to Be Silenced
BET just put out a list of Black activists who “won't keep quiet in the name of justice,” [[link removed]] including Victory Fund candidate Andrea Jenkins! Andrea is running for reelection to the Minneapolis City Council. She previously made history in 2017 when she became the first out trans woman ever elected to public office in the United States. [[link removed]]
ICYMI: PinkNews profiled Councilwoman Jenkins last week about her advocacy work and experience as the first Black out trans elected official in history. [[link removed]]
Op-Ed Alert: Crystal Hudson on Protecting Black Futures
New York City Council candidate Crystal Hudson penned an op-ed in the Brooklyn Paper [[link removed]] about the moral obligation to protect Black New York renters. “The pandemic accelerated trends of displacement in our Black and brown, poor and working-class neighborhoods… Understanding the mechanisms driving the affordability crisis and enacting meaningful solutions is critical.” Read her full op-ed here. [[link removed]]
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