Yes...a trans non-Binary Drag Queen, Maebe A Girl, a progressive candidate who's running in CA to unseat Rep Adam Schiff!!!!
Another who needs to go in my opinion. And when she ran last time, Maebe came in a very close second last time around, and recently won her debate vs her well known and well-funded main competitor. Yet when I googled Maebe, the inclusion-loving gay sites and gay publications have barley gave her a mention. Where's the profiles on her in Out? Advocate? New Now Next? Instinct? And every other queer local magazine? There's so much ink and so many covers devoted to drag competitors on reality shows. And while those contestants are often entertaining, unlike a drag/trans Congresswoman, They can't change lives with legislation. Shame on our gay press for this slip. To have Maebe come that close to taking out Adam Schiff is huge. If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect that these gay mags have a decidedly corporate and conservative Dem bent to them. So perhaps they leave the progressive Democrat Maebe out of the mix because they prefer the hawkish and corporate-funded centrist Schiff, who wasted years of "the lefts" time and energy spearheading the Mueller trail vs Trump? Which in the end yielded a verdict of "no collusion" between Trump and Russia despite nightly bombshells dropped by the hack news stations. I don't pretend to speak for all the gay community at large, we're all different, but I find it rather appalling and shocking she is not getting more coverage and support. I wish her well. And while drag is experiencing a high point right now, don't waste that high on just the editorial, and the Sashay and Shantay, when people in our community are busting their ass to make needed changes and deliver popular policies for working Americans. Maebe A Girl is out there in full drag in the CA heat knocking on doors in I hope sensible shoes. I will never get what is going on these days, when we have good hard-working people, educated and well-spoken and want to do the popular policies to benefit all, and yet they get no coverage or support. I finally caught her closing arguments in her recent debate, and I think she knows her stuff. It certainly made me proud to see a community member laying out a progressive vision so forcefully. And lit a fire like Pete did for me. And Joe is alright, and I catch flack for that. Many friends say "Well, he was better than trump" I hate that excuse. A very low bar to set. We just need new blood and this fire.
