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In what鈥檚 being called the rainbow wave, dozens of LGBTQ+ candidates captured historic wins in the 2020 U.S. elections, including the election of the first openly transgender person for a State Senate seat and the first gay and Afro-Latino and Black men elected to Congress.

is the director of LGBTQ Studies and an associate professor of religion at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences.

Prof. Robert says:

鈥淚鈥檓 almost always thrilled when LGBTQ+ candidates win political offices. 聽I say 鈥榓lmost鈥� because our identities are intersections. They鈥檙e never reducible to one category, like gender or sexuality.

鈥淚 know that many LGBTQ+ persons voted for Donald Trump and Mike Pence, whose records on LGBTQ+ issues are deplorable. That demonstrates that LGBTQ+ citizens aren鈥檛 a bloc of one-issue voters. They seem not to be a bloc at all, given how little national media attention they receive.

鈥淲hat鈥檚 most exciting to me are how many LGBTQ+ persons of color won in yesterday鈥檚 elections and how their victories range from local to national positions. If the old saying is right, that 鈥榓ll politics are local,鈥� that gives me hope that LGBTQ+ persons can effect urgently needed sociopolitical change regardless of who鈥檚 president.鈥�

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