WA-10: Washington state may elect a progressive bisexual woman to Congress in November
Washington state representative and Democratic Congressional candidate Beth Doglio wants voters to know that she’s a fighter. “I don’t give up,” she told LGBTQ Nation. “I will fight tooth and nail for this district.”
Running in Washington’s 10th district, Doglio, who identifies as bisexual, has the potential to become the state’s first out LGBTQ congressperson.
“It would be awesome,” she said. “I mean, it’s really unfortunate that I would be the first. Here we are in 2020 and there has not been a single other person…The time has come when this should take place. So I am super excited about it. I’m looking forward to being a very strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, as I have been as a state legislator.”
A member of the LGBTQ Caucus, Doglio said she has enjoyed “standing side by side, and encouraging and empowering my LGBTQ brothers and sisters to speak out.”
“It’s really important that people see people in positions of leadership talking about their identity,” she said, “and hopefully that helps people feel comfortable, and know that regardless of how they identify themselves that they, too, can move through this world and have role models, and know that other people are able to succeed.”
Doglio is running for Congress, she said, because she feels the stakes are too high not to.
“I think our very Democracy is under attack,” she said.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/07/washington-state-may-elect-progressive-bisexual-woman-congress-november/
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