Stephe Koontz
Stephe Koontz | |
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| Doraville City Council | |
| Assumed office January, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sharon Spangler |
| City Council Member, 3rd District | |
Stephe Koontz is the first out transgender person to win a contested election in the state of Georgia. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] She won a city council seat in the metro Atlanta city of Doraville on November 7, 2017,[14][15][16] on what the Washington Post called "a "historic night for the nation’s transgender community," in which six openly transgender people won elections in the United States.[1] A 32-year resident and political activist in the city, she focused on the issues, rather than her gender identity, to win by a narrow margin of six votes.[17]
Koontz was invited to speak at the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice and Women's March "Power to the Polls" event on January 21, 2018.[2] She was also featured, with other history-making elected officials, in Human Rights Campaign's nationally-distributed Equality magazine.[18]
References
- ^ a b Eltagouri, Marwa (2017-11-09). "Transgender people have been elected before. But they can finally let the voters know". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ a b CNN, Emanuella Grinberg,. "One year ago, she marched. This year, she's a councilwoman". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Transgender America: 10 Best and Worst Moments of 2017". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Jarvie, Nina Agrawal, Dakota Smith, Laura King, Jenny. "After a year of Trump and outrage, this weekend's women's march will focus on electoral politics". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Meet 2017's newly elected transgender officials". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "LGBTQ political candidates score historic victories across U.S." NBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Girard, Charles (2017-11-08). "Meet the Transgender Americans Who Won on Election Day | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Team, WGCL Digital. "DeKalb County woman is Georgia's only transgender elected official". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Es vital que los latinos voten en todas y cada una de las elecciones (VIDEO)". Mundo Hispanico (in European Spanish). 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Beckwith, Cerys; Wu, Jay (2017-11-09). "The Eight Trans Officials Who Made History Tuesday Night". Medium. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Allen, Samantha (2017-11-08). "How LGBT Candidates Won So Big on Election Night". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Jarvie, Nina Agrawal, Dakota Smith, Laura King, Jenny. "After a year of Trump and outrage, this weekend's women's march will focus on electoral politics". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Siperstein, Barbra Casbar (2017-12-06). "Fighting Back and Preparing for 2018". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Mayor and City Council". www.doravillega.us. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Hightower, Jim (2018-03-06). "Jim Hightower: There's a Blue Wave Cresting in Statewide Elections". AlterNet. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "TÊTU | Un an après Trump, les États-Unis élisent 7 représentant·e·s trans". TÊTU (in French). 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Doraville woman becomes Georgia's only transgender elected official". myajc. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Simon, Carolyn (Fall 2017). "Our Time Is Now". Equality: 7 – via ISSUU.
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