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Becca Balint wins Vermont House race, will be state’s first woman and LGBTQ person in Congress

Democrat Becca Balint is the winner of Vermont’s at-large Congressional District race, NBC News projected. She is the first woman and the first LGBTQ person elected to Congress from the state. With 72% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Balint had 61.5%, while her Republican opponent, Liam Madden, had 28.8%. On Tuesday evening, Balint thanked her supporters in an Instagram post with a caption saying: “Today, we reaffirmed that Vermont, and this nation, is still a place where anything is possible. We’re still capable of change and progress.” She added, “Tonight, after 231 years, Vermonters are sending a woman and openly gay person to […]

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Maura Healey wins Massachusetts governor’s race as the first lesbian elected to lead a state

Democrat Maura Healey is the winner of Massachusetts’ gubernatorial race, defeating Republican Geoff Diehl and making history as the first out lesbian to be elected governor, NBC News projected.  Healey is the state’s attorney general, and Diehl is a former state representative who co-chaired former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign in Massachusetts.  Addressing her supporters at a victory rally in Boston on Tuesday evening, Healey dedicated her win to “every little girl and every young LGBTQ person out there.” “I hope tonight shows you that you can be whatever, whoever you want to be,” she said to a roaring crowd. “And nothing […]

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Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center and North Bay LGBTQI Families Host Social Saturday: Intergenerational Gathering on Nov. 12

Join Positive Images LGBTQIA+ Center and North Bay LGBTQI Families for a Social Saturday: Intergenerational Gathering on November 12 from 11am-3pm at Empire College of Law (3035 Cleveland Avenue) in Santa Rosa! All LGBTQIA+ youth, families, adults, and elders are welcome at Social Saturdays, which are a recurring series of monthly events taking place throughout Sonoma County where we are seeking to bring together members of our community across generations, particularly gender expansive youth, teens, and adults. Our November gathering will feature an optional free legal clinic for queer families in need of assistance with securing legal parentage through second parent adoption, as well […]

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This organization wants Odessa Kelly to be the first out Black woman elected to Congress

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Glynda Carr has devoted her life to helping progressive Black women gain political power. As co-founder and president of the organization Higher Heights, she has worked for over a decade to help Black women get elected to positions across the country. ADVERTISING The organization offers training for those interested in running for office or working on campaigns at every level, from school board to Senator. The connected federal PAC, Higher Heights for America PAC, focuses on supporting Black women running at the federal level, for statewide executive roles, and for mayor of the top 100 cities. Carr describes Higher Heights […]

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Democracy and personal freedoms at stake today – Election Day. VOTE!

Simply stated, our democracy is at stake and our country’s populace starkly divided. Though Donald Trump is mainly to blame and he may never win again, Trumpism has taken hold. We see this in people’s response to the lies the Republican Party, now the party of Trumpism, are spreading.  A belief our elections aren’t fair despite irrefutable proof they are. A lack of understanding how global conditions, climate change, and immigration actually impact our lives. The fact supply chain issues stemming from the pandemic are still causing inflation and no political party can wave a magic wand and end them. […]

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Extremist Watchdog Group Working to Strengthen Inclusive Democracy Identifies Anti-Democracy Candidates to Watch

Western States Strategies, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization affiliated with Western States Center, a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan public charity that works nationwide to strengthen inclusive democracy, has published a list of twelve candidates running for office this November who, if elected, could pose a risk to American democracy.  The report, “Anti-Democracy Candidates to Watch in 2022” includes anti-democracy actors running for statewide or local office in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada who have ties with paramilitary or extremist organizations, QAnon connections, or have espoused explicitly extremist, racist, or anti-democracy rhetoric. VIEW THE REPORT HERE. Candidates identified by Western States Strategies: The report also […]

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Here’s how all 9 LGBTQ House members are expected to do in the midterm elections

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The nine out LGBTQ members of the U.S. House are also all chairs of the Equality Caucus, the congressional group that pursues LGBTQ legislation and issues statements against anti-queer discrimination. All nine are up for re-election, and the House’s Democratic majority and the future of LGBTQ rights hang in the balance. Here are all nine LGBTQ House members and how they’re expected to do in their races. ADVERTISING David Cicilline (D-RI) Cicilline is chair of the House Equality Caucus and a reliably progressive Democrat. He’s running his sixth reelection campaign, this time against Allen Waters (R). Get the Daily Brief […]

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Republican Spanish-language anti-trans misinformation targets Latino communities

Spanish-speaking communities are being targeted with anti-LGBTQ and anti-transgender messages ahead of the midterm elections. A double-sided postcard is being sent to homes in predominantly Latino neighborhoods in western Colorado. “Joe Biden and his political allies are indoctrinating your children,” the flier, which NBC News reviewed, says in bold red letters translated from Spanish. “Radical and irreversible gender experiments on children,” the other side says in bold pink text, falsely claiming the Biden administration is “pushing” for the treatments by blocking puberty and removing genitalia. An image of the highest-ranking openly transgender government official, Rachel Levine, the Department of Health […]

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As election nears, conservative groups have ramped up anti-trans campaign ads

In the last leg of what has been a heated midterm election cycle, some conservative groups have ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights, which have become an increasingly partisan and divisive issue. A radio ad from America First Legal, a conservative group founded by Stephen Miller, who served as a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, accused President Joe Biden and “progressive leaders” of pushing children to take hormones and undergo surgery “to remove their breasts and genitals.” “Not long ago, everyone knew that you’re either born a boy or a girl,” the narrator says […]

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