Chicago’s First Black Lesbian Mayor Isn’t a Victory for All Queers
▻https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/4/03/chicagos-first-black-lesbian-mayor-isnt-victory-all-queers
Lori Lightfoot has made history by becoming the first Black woman to become mayor of Chicago as well as the first openly queer person. And across the country, this news has been heralded as a victory for queer communities everywhere.
However for many in Chicago — especially those who are Black or Brown — these celebrations ring hollow and feel like active erasure of the tremendous organizing labor against a candidate who is so similar to a predecessor we fought so hard to push out.