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A transgender woman wins Democratic primary for Florida House seat, and aims to make history (www.advocate.com)

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A transgender woman won the Democratic nomination for a Florida House seat on Tuesday night.

Ashley Brundage, the founder and president of Empowering Differences. She won more than 81 percent of the vote in Florida House District 65’s Democratic Primary, which means she will now advance to face incumbent Republican Florida Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman in November. There, she will have a fighting chance in a district where a majority of voters favored President Joe Biden in 2020 over Republican former President Donald Trump. The district swung red in 2022 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a landslide re-election and enacted an anti-LGBTQ agenda.

“I am incredibly honored and humbled to announce that we’ve won the Democratic primary election with a resounding victory over 80% for Florida State House District 65!” Brundage posted on X.

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[-] JohnBrownII@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

Much luck, love, and support to her but gotdamn she couldn’t have picked a worse state. Course trans people should be represented everywhere they exist (which is everywhere) just seems like an openly Jewish person trying to reform the Nazi party

[-] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

It’s funny because Florida’s has some of the biggest hot spots for lgbt+ and are so poorly represented. This is a big win, hopefully it will start something good.

[-] JohnBrownII@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Many of whom cant flee repressive laws/people so you’re right it is a big win. I guess Im mostly scared for her safety. I hope this is a sign that better days are ahead for the FL queer community but America doesn’t give me much faith

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Florida is literally its own category on transgender rights maps

Do not travel

[-] dkt@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

This map keeps getting worse every time I see it

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

How is Illinois so good yet surrounded by hell?

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Thing is, if she wins then that just means that most of the state doesn’t want the Nazi party. Her election would only be possible as an outcome of the state as a whole choosing to be better, right?

[-] JohnBrownII@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No, just her constituency, she’s not the governor or a senator

[-] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

And she's there to give them a voice. The people who are against Nazis don't want to be spoken for by a Nazi

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Well a victory’s a victory and more power to more sane people is hardly a bad thing despite whatever dreary message you’re trying to imply.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Well a victory’s a victory and more power to more sane people is hardly a bad thing despite whatever dreary message you’re trying to imply.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

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