First Openly Transgender Black Woman Elected to Public Office in the U.S.

First Openly Transgender Black Woman Elected to Public Office in the U.S.

by Katherine Rodriguez 8 Nov 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/08/first-openly-transgender-black-woman-elected-public-office-u-s/

A candidate for Minneapolis City Council became the first openly transgender black woman elected to public office in the U.S. on Tuesday evening.

Andrea Jenkins, a biological male who lives as a female, won 73 percent of the vote in Minneapolis’s Eighth Ward, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

The Advocate magazine reports that Jenkins ran in the nonpartisan race with a Democratic Party affiliation and ran on a platform of raising the minimum wage and increasing access to affordable housing.

Jenkins, a former policy aide to Minneapolis council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden, defeated three other candidates in the race.

The former policy aide was not the first openly transgender candidate to win an election Tuesday night.

Virginia House of Delegates candidate Danica Roem, a biological male who changed his legal sex from male to female and dresses as a woman, defeated the GOP incumbent Rep. Robert Marshall to become the first openly-transgender elected to public office.

During the campaign, Roem supported teaching kindergartners that people can change their sex in an “age-appropriate” fashion.

Let’s connect the dots:

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Michael J. Klingensmith is the publisher & CEO for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and a director at the News Media Alliance.

Note: Diana L. Taylor is a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and Michael R. Bloomberg’s companion.

Michael R. Bloomberg is Diana L. Taylor’s companion, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Emma Bloomberg’s father, and was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a New York (NY) mayor.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, and the Human Rights First.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.

Elaine L. Chao was a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Steven R. Swartz is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and was a director at the News Media Alliance.

Emma Bloomberg is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was a chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Clifford S. Asness was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, supported same-sex marriage in New York, and is a director at the International Rescue Committee.

Alan D. Schwartz is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Michael J. Klingensmith is a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a director at the News Media Alliance, and the publisher & CEO for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

William D. Zabel was the secretary for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society, George Soros’s divorce lawyer, and is the chair for the Human Rights First.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First, the Robin Hood Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, and Refugees International.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer, and a director emeritus for Refugees International.

Mona K. Sutphen is a director at the Human Rights First, and a director at the International Rescue Committee.

Clifford S. Asness is a director at the International Rescue Committee, supported same-sex marriage in New York, and was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York (NY) mayor, is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, Emma Bloomberg’s father, and Diana L. Taylor’s companion.

Diana L. Taylor is Michael R. Bloomberg’s companion, and a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Michael J. Klingensmith is a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a director at the News Media Alliance, and the publisher & CEO for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

John B. King Jr. is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was a secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.

Kevin Jennings was an assistant deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Education, and the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

Alan D. Schwartz is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Michael J. Klingensmith is a trustee at the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a director at the News Media Alliance, and the publisher & CEO for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

William D. Zabel was the secretary for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society, George Soros’s divorce lawyer, and is the chair for the Human Rights First.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights First, the Robin Hood Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, and Refugees International.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a director emeritus for

Refugees International.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights First.

Patrick H. Gaspard is the VP for the Open Society Foundations, and was an executive director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Democratic National Committee (DNC) is a committee for the Democratic Party.

R.T. Rybak is the vice chair for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and was a Minneapolis (MN) mayor.

Eric P. Schwartz is a director at Refugees International, and the

 dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs for the University of Minnesota.

Andrea Jenkins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Jenkins

Andrea Jenkins (born September 22, 1961) is an American policy aide, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist.

Jenkins moved to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota in 1979 and was hired by the Hennepin County government, where she worked for a decade. Jenkins worked as a staff member on the Minneapolis City Council for 12 years before beginning work as curator of the Transgender Oral History Project at the University of Minnesota's Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies. Starting in 2018, Jenkins will represent Ward 8 on the Minneapolis City Council.