Jordan Evans (politician)
Jordan Evans is the only openly transgender Republican Party elected official in the United States. As of 2017, Evans was Republican Town Committee secretary in Charlton, Massachusetts and elected trustee of the local library.[1][2] Evans was elected Town Constable of Charlton in November 2017.[3] Evans said she came out as trans in 2013 and again in 2015 and began transitioning to female in 2016.[4] Evans left the Log Cabin Republicans in August, 2019, after writing an op-ed in The Advocate criticizing them for endorsing Donald Trump's re-election as U.S. President.[5][6]
References
- Charlie Baker (April 14, 2016), Transgender Advocates: Governor Baker, Please Take A Stand, Boston: WGBH
- Lou Chibbaro Jr. (January 23, 2017), "Trump team, campaign officials attend Log Cabin Party", Washington Blade,
[A]ttending was Jordan Evans, the nation's only Republican transgender elected official.
- Alison King (November 17, 2017), Transgender GOP Woman Elected Constable, NBC 10 Boston (WBTS-CD)
- Rebecca Nelson (April 17, 2017), "3 Trans Women on Why They Are Proud to Be Conservatives", Cosmopolitan
- Aviles, Gwen (August 27, 2019). "Gay Republican group's executive director resigns after Trump endorsement". NBC News.
- Baume, Matt (August 27, 2019), "Gay Republican Group Leader Quits Over Trump Endorsement", Out
Further reading
- Stanley-Becker, Isaac (October 22, 2018). "As Trump administration eyes writing transgender people 'out of existence,' a reckoning for a transgender Republican". The Washington Post.
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