Jordan Willow Evans is an American politician who was the only openly transgender Republican Party elected official in the United States.
Jordan Evans | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Politician |
| Years active | 2016-2022 |
| Known for | Being the first and only openly transgender woman Republican Party elected official. |
| Political party | Republican |
Evans said she first tried coming out as trans in 2013. "I ended up going back into the closet," she told Cosmopolitan. Eventually, she began transitioning to female in 2015–2016.[1][2]
As of 2016, she was Republican Town Committee secretary in Charlton, Massachusetts and elected trustee of the local library.[3][4] She was elected Town Constable of Charlton in November 2017.[5] She was elected again to the Dudley-Charlton Regional School Committee in 2020.[6] She was included in an unsuccessful recall of her regional school committee by a local group known as Dudley Charlton United led by Carroll Sue Rehm of Florida concerned about sex education curriculum, critical race theory, and mask mandates in the district.[7][8]
Evans left the Log Cabin Republicans in August 2019 after criticizing them in an op-ed in The Advocate for endorsing President Donald Trump's re-election.[9][10] However, she remained associated with the Republican Party. In 2020, she ran unsuccessfully for Massachusetts Republican State Committee Woman.[11] Her gender identity drew questions from local conservative press over whether she would be seated by the Massachusetts Republican Party if she won.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rebecca Nelson (April 17, 2017), "3 Trans Women on Why They Are Proud to Be Conservatives", Cosmopolitan
- ^ "Massachusetts Elected Official: Being Transgender And Being Republican Are Compatible". Freedom for All Americans. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Bleau, Jason (2020-06-19). "Rydlak, Koronis elected to Board of Selectmen" (PDF). Charlton Villager. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ Chamer, Jeff A. (2022-01-26). "Telegram & Gazette". www.telegram.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Dudley-Charlton Regional School District recall, Massachusetts (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ 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
- ^ "PD43+ » 2020 Republican State Committee Woman Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex District". PD43+. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ Joyce, Tom (2020-03-02). "State Committee Races May Hold Key To Future of MassGOP". NewBostonPost. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
Further reading
edit- 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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