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Molly Cook just became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Texas Senate (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[-] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 59 points 6 months ago

Good for her! I hope she kicks all those rich old white guys right in the dick. Repeatedly.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ew…

Dick sweat on the shoes. (Maybe we could get her a t-ball bat. They have better balance for this sort of thing than baseball bats.)

[-] joel1974@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Texas is now progressive

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Not yet. Not even close to it

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

We can still kick rich old white dudes tho, right?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 32 points 6 months ago

God damn, it's kind of amazing they've gone this long without any LGBTQ+ state senators.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 16 points 6 months ago

Is it really that surprising though?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Yea, honestly - I'd believe that they haven't elected a trans person yet but gay and lesbian folks have been widely culturally accepted... there are still bigots but they're now in the fringe group.

[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Don't forget we are only 21 years since SCOTUS ruled against the state of Texas and overturned the anti-sodomy laws in the US. Those laws are still on the books and the current Attorney General has said that he will enforce them should Lawrence v TX be overturned.

There are also a lot of gay conversion camps in the state using electrodes and other means of physical, emotional, and sometimes sexual abuse to pray the gay away.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

They have a bunch but they are all closeted ;)

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's not the first, but the first openly. I'm pretty confident though. I'm not a gambler but I'd put money on it.

[-] ShadowGlider@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago

That's literally in the headline

[-] Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

In that shit state, her life is now in grave danger. Shits states gonna shit state. Hope she stays safe

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Now if only more out of the closet atheists could get elected, too.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Let's go vote in November!

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I thought molly cook was her job description

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 7 points 6 months ago

I don’t know why the joke didn’t land, maybe people don’t realize that that is another phrase for mdma producer?

Either way, I thought it was.

[-] vladmech@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

So edgy, wow.

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