➡️ Last night’s election results make it clear – transphobia is not the winning strategy many Republicans thought it would be. Virginia politicians and activists spoke. defender On what this means for Democrats.
Meanwhile, New York Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani promised in his victory speech to protect the rights of transgender people, and a small Pennsylvania town elected its first transgender mayor.
Last night, a Virginia farm owned by a gay man was vandalized, and a Trevor Project report shows that LGBTQ+ youth’s political motivations often go hand-in-hand with anxiety and depression, and challenges still lie ahead.
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Voters across the country chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
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Zoran Mamdani dominated New York City’s LGBTQ+ vote, with 82 percent of the community voting for him.
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Elia Deuso became Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor.
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“It doesn’t appear to be an accident,” Kevin Graham said. Defender. “If you look up and down the road, every other place is completely empty. The only place that has trash is at the entrance.”
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Motivation for political action is linked to depression and anxiety, according to a new report from The Trevor Project.
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