Colorado's First Transgender Legislator Made History, Now She's Proving Her Worth
The 2018 elections made a huge impact on national politics. While the fallout from that impact has been… dramatic, Colorado voters made history. In addition to a blue wave that elected Colorado’s first openly gay governor, we have the first House session with a majority of women while a record number of Latinxs joined the state legislature. While those results weren’t particularly surprising given national trends last year, one district took everyone by surprise. House District 27 in Jefferson County elected a Democrat despite its Republican domination since it was redrawn. The district’s voters also elected Colorado’s first transgender legislator, Brianna Titone.
With her first year in the House wrapping up, Representative Titone is still very much the candidate who knocked on close to 9,000 doors in her district. Hers was one of the few open doors in the Capitol on the day of our interview, which reflected her promise of transparency. Also, she still doesn’t speak like a politician. Instead of a plastic smile and carefully crafted answers, Titone was real and candid, two traits that no doubt contributed to her election.
“I would tell people at the door things that they would never hear from a politician,” said Titone. Rather than make empty promises, she told her constituents, “Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican or unaffiliated, there are going to be votes you’re not going to agree with. I want to give you the honesty, the availability and the accountability you deserve.”
https://303magazine.com/2019/12/brianna-titone-profile-trans-colorado-politician/
