{"id":57716,"date":"2017-11-08T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:10:41","slug":"andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Last night, Andrea Jenkins, a transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> of color, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. She is the first openly transgender Black <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> to win public office in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins was not the only transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> to declare victory on Election Day.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/danica-roem-makes-history-as-virginias-first-out-transgender-public-officia\" target=\"_blank\">Danica Roem<\/a>\u2019s win in Virginia\u2019s District 13 election will make her Virginia&#8217;s first out transgender public official and the nation&#8217;s only out transgender state representative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more than just having a seat at the table. It\u2019s having a seat at the table and being able to speak to power,\u201d she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdailyplanet.net\/a-seat-at-the-table-andrea-jenkins-brings-city-hall-experience-to-address-gentrification-youth-violence-in-ward-8-race\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twin Cities Daily Planet.<\/em><\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s about being present, and people knowing you will speak out against injustices. That alone will sometimes limit the number of injustices that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raquel Willis, National Organizer for the Transgender Law Center, broke the news in a viral tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So proud of movement auntie, Andrea Jenkins, who became the first openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> of color elected to the city council of a major U.S. city. She\u2019ll represent Ward 8 of Minneapolis! So much history being made tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AJ4W8?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AJ4W8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TransFolksCanWin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TransFolksCanWin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElectionDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElectionDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJqvDt9E7q\">pic.twitter.com\/AJqvDt9E7q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raquel Willis (@RaquelWillis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaquelWillis_\/status\/928076913586958336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jenkins, who won the Ward 8 seat, was a policy aide to the council\u2019s Vice President Elizabeth Glidden and has spent decades as an activist and leader in her community. Her campaign slogan was, \u201cLeadership, Access, Equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HRC congratulates Jenkins on this immense victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-o?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-o?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America Last night, Andrea Jenkins, a transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> of color, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. She is the first openly transgender Black <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> to win public office in the U.S. Jenkins was not the only transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> to declare victory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America Last night, Andrea Jenkins, a transgender woman of color, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. She is the first openly transgender Black woman to win public office in the U.S. Jenkins was not the only transgender woman to declare victory &hellip; Continue reading Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\"},\"headline\":\"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/assets.hrc.org\\\/images\\\/made\\\/images\\\/remote\\\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\\\/files\\\/images\\\/blog\\\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/\",\"name\":\"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/assets.hrc.org\\\/images\\\/made\\\/images\\\/remote\\\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\\\/files\\\/images\\\/blog\\\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/assets.hrc.org\\\/images\\\/made\\\/images\\\/remote\\\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\\\/files\\\/images\\\/blog\\\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/assets.hrc.org\\\/images\\\/made\\\/images\\\/remote\\\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\\\/files\\\/images\\\/blog\\\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"description\":\"LGBT BLOG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"width\":243,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gayfriendschat\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\",\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GayFriendschat.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/author\\\/gayfriendschat-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","og_description":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America Last night, Andrea Jenkins, a transgender woman of color, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. She is the first openly transgender Black woman to win public office in the U.S. Jenkins was not the only transgender woman to declare victory &hellip; Continue reading Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/","og_site_name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","article_published_time":"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"GayFriendschat.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_site":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GayFriendschat.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/"},"author":{"name":"GayFriendschat.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f"},"headline":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America","datePublished":"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/"},"wordCount":283,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg","articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/","name":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-08T15:10:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AndreaJenkins-1600_640_360.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andrea-jenkins-becomes-first-openly-transgender-black-woman-to-win-public-office-in-america\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Andrea Jenkins Becomes First Openly Transgender Black Woman to Win Public Office in America"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","description":"LGBT BLOG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization","name":"GayFriendsChat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","width":243,"height":96,"caption":"GayFriendsChat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f","name":"GayFriendschat.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"GayFriendschat.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}