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Title: Transgender Man Seeks to Succeed Brewer on NYC Council
Post by: SandraJane on March 30, 2012, 06:58:36 AM
Post by: SandraJane on March 30, 2012, 06:58:36 AM
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Transgender Man Seeks to Succeed Brewer on NYC Council
by Winnie McCroy, EDGE Contributor | Friday Mar 30, 2012
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Seeking not to make history but simply to serve the neighborhood he calls home, Mel Wymore has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed New York City Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer (D-Upper West Side.) If elected, he would be the City Council's first transgender member.
"I got involved in my community when I moved to New York in the late '80s, but hadn't been tremendously involved in politics; it was more community activism until last year," said Wymore. "After I served as chair of Community Board 7, I felt like City Council was a natural progression.
Transgender Man Seeks to Succeed Brewer on NYC Council
by Winnie McCroy, EDGE Contributor | Friday Mar 30, 2012
http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=131440 (http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=131440)
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Seeking not to make history but simply to serve the neighborhood he calls home, Mel Wymore has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed New York City Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer (D-Upper West Side.) If elected, he would be the City Council's first transgender member.
"I got involved in my community when I moved to New York in the late '80s, but hadn't been tremendously involved in politics; it was more community activism until last year," said Wymore. "After I served as chair of Community Board 7, I felt like City Council was a natural progression.