Councilmember Christy Holstege
by John Paul Brammer
Palm Springs, California, is now being represented by the nation’s first entirely LGBTQ city council.
Yes,
all five members of the city council identify within the LGBTQ
community, and they represent every letter in the acronym. With last
month's election, the pentad arrives in a conflicting political
landscape, where LGBTQ politicians have picked up historic wins while
the Trump administration and a number of states are rolling back some of
the gains the community has made over the past decade.
In this chaotic climate, advocates and allies on the left are looking to transgender history makers like Virginia’s Danica Roem and Minneapolis’ Andrea Jenkins as the heralds of a more promising future. The members of the Palm Springs City Council agree.
They also say they’re just ready to get to work.
“I
really believe Trumpism is a backlash from the social progress we’ve
made over the last 20 years,” Christy Holstege, an openly bisexual woman
and member of the Palm Springs City Council, told NBC News. “But we’re
going to continue to make progress.”
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Source: NBC News
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