With Election of Trans, Bi Women, Palm Springs City Council Now Entirely Queer
“The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council now has transgender and bisexual members – and is entirely [LGBTQ].
Lisa Middleton made history as the first openly trans candidate elected to a nonjudicial office in California (Victoria Kolakowski was elected an Alameda County Superior Court judge in 2010). She and Christy Holstege, a bi woman, won the two open seats on the City Council in a field of six candidates in Tuesday’s election. Their election means that the desert city’s council is 100 percent [LGBTQ], according to Equality California, with representation from across the spectrum of those identities.”