GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is releasg the fdgs of the first of an ongog seri of polls to gge and track motivatn, enthiasm, and issu ahead of the 2022 midterm electns takg place November. The poll measur how motivated LGBTQ likely voters are
Contents:
- A LOOK AT THE TWO GAY NDIDAT NNG STATEWI
- FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT
A LOOK AT THE TWO GAY NDIDAT NNG STATEWI
8 ballot were 678 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer ndidat — an 18% crease om 2020, when 574 ndidat ran for office, acrdg to the group. “Tonight’s Rabow Wave is a clear rebe to the creased homophobia and transphobia sweepg our muni – and prov voters want to elect qualified LGBTQ lears, " Fujii said.
He is the first openly transgenr man to w any state legislature out LGBTQ immigrant elected to CongrsDemocrat Robert Garcia, who is gay, was elected the race for California's 42nd ngrsnal district. First openly gay person elected VermontDemocrat Bec Balt was elected Vermont to the U.
She is the first woman and openly gay person to reprent the state out lbian Lata elected to state legislatureDemocrat Patricia Contreras is one of the first out lbian Latas elected to the Arizona Hoe of out LGBTQ woman to serve the Iowa SenateDemocrat Liz Bent, who intifi as a queer woman, was elected to the Iowa State Senate, District 39. ” Andrew Gray is a gay man and physician assistant who has worked wh Alaska-based veterans for five years. Fredrickson, a gay man, is a social worker who has ma mental health the foreont of his mpaign and has advoted for “havg robt and accsible mental health and health re rourc so that we have equal opportuni to thrive and I also thk that clus havg welg and clive polici so that we n attract and reta talent our state, ” acrdg to KETV.
FIRST NGRSNAL RACE BETWEEN TWO GAY NOME MARKS PROGRS FOR LGBTQ NDIDAT
If elected, Kameron Nelson would be the first gay man elected to the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ. Noem has also gone on some pretty homophobic screeds on Twter, over subjects as nocuo as Lil Nas X’s Satan-themed Nik. Eunic Ortiz and Janelle Perez (Florida State Senate)Between Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, the state’s ban on g Mediid to pay for genr-affirmg re, and a very anti-LGBTQ+ ernor Ron DeSantis, queer cizens of the Sunshe State face an uphill battle for their rights.
Ortiz’s LGBTQ+ rights rerd go as far back as high school, where she found her school’s Gay Straight Alliance and helped to tablish a scholarship that helps low-e LGBTQ+ youth accs llege. Bisexual Congrsnal ndidat grew by 38 percent (om eight to 11) and gay men by 45 percent (om 40 to 58);.