"This victory isn’t about one person," said Mayor-elect Erica Deuso, "it’s about what happens when people come together to choose progress over fear.”
  • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This is so cool!

    Similar to the campaign run by Sarah McBride, the first out trans member of Congress, Deuso did not campaign on her gender identity or with a focus on LGBTQ+ issues. But her campaign still received some hate. “I’m not running on being trans, that’s not something I ever do or ever wanted to do,” Deuso told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I wanted to make it about the neighbors. It’s the other side making it about who I am, my identity.”

    Im extremely glad they’re handling it this way. Campaigning primarily on gender identity wouldn’t be a broad enough platorm for her to get elected, but by not making it the main focus she is doing wonders towards normalizing the trans community. Now you can point at her and debate her platform, instead of normalizing debating about gender. It’s just an accepted fact in the background, as all identities should be.