Stephe Koontz

Stephe Koontz
Doraville City Council
In office
January, 2018 – December 31, 2021
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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 CNN, Emanuella Grinberg,. "One year ago, she marched. This year, she's a councilwoman". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Transgender America: 10 Best and Worst Moments of 2017". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Meet 2017's newly elected transgender officials". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. ↑ "LGBTQ political candidates score historic victories across U.S." NBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  7. ↑ Girard, Charles (2017-11-08). "Meet the Transgender Americans Who Won on Election Day | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  8. ↑ Team, WGCL Digital. "DeKalb County woman is Georgia's only transgender elected official". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  9. ↑ "Es vital que los latinos voten en todas y cada una de las elecciones (VIDEO)". Mundo Hispanico (in Spanish). 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  10. ↑ Beckwith, Cerys; Wu, Jay (2017-11-09). "The Eight Trans Officials Who Made History Tuesday Night". Medium. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  11. ↑ Allen, Samantha (2017-11-08). "How LGBT Candidates Won So Big on Election Night". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Siperstein, Barbra Casbar (2017-12-06). "Fighting Back and Preparing for 2018". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  14. ↑ "Mayor and City Council". www.doravillega.us. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  15. ↑ Hightower, Jim (2018-03-06). "Jim Hightower: There's a Blue Wave Cresting in Statewide Elections". AlterNet. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  16. ↑ "TÊTU | Un an après Trump, les États-Unis élisent 7 représentant·e·s trans". TÊTU (in French). 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  17. ↑ "Doraville woman becomes Georgia's only transgender elected official". myajc. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  18. ↑ Simon, Carolyn (Fall 2017). "Our Time Is Now". Equality: 7 – via ISSUU.
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