Saira DraperSaira Draper

“LGBTQ voters should support my candidacy for the same reasons I hope all voters will: I will be a relentless and passionate advocate for all of the people I represent. Just as I have in my career as a voting rights leader, immigration advocate, and litigator, I will stand up for our rights at the State Capitol, working overtime to extend our paltry legal protections for LGBTQ people and resist efforts to enshrine additional discrimination in our laws… At the same time, I want to be an effective legislator whether I am part of the majority or the minority party. I want to build bridges with reasonable legislators on the other side and help build support for the LGBTQ community in much the same way so much progress has been made over the last two decades: by ensuring my colleagues understand there are individual people – including people they know – that will be impacted by their actions.”