"Allegheny County Council President Patrick Catena (D) - who is running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives - sent out mailers last week criticizing his opponent for being supported by an "extreme left group" that supports allowing trans people to participate in sports."
"The mailers attacked political newcomer Brittany Bloam, one of several candidates running for that state house seat. The mailers said that Bloam has the support of "AN EXTREME LEFT GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES in our SPORTS." It's not clear what organization Catena's campaign was referring to, and people have pointed out that some organizations that support Catena also support trans equality."
""This history with Mr. Catena is what makes his recent action so disappointing and hurtful," Nora Doyle, a trans woman who worked with Catena on a local election last year, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette."
Allegheny County Council President Patrick Catena, a Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania House District 45, sent mailers criticizing his opponent’s support from an “extreme left group” that advocates allowing transgender people to participate in sports. Trans community members and fellow Democrats criticized the mailers as hurtful and disappointing, including calls for Catena to exit the campaign and resign from his current position. The mailers targeted political newcomer Brittany Bloam and claimed she had support from “AN EXTREME LEFT GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES in our SPORTS.” The specific organization referenced was unclear, and some supporters of Catena were noted as also supporting trans equality.
#pennsylvania-politics #democratic-party #transgender-rights #election-campaign-mailers #sports-participation
Read at LGBTQ Nation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]