LPAC Condemns Transphobic Attack Against Sylvia Swayne, First Out Trans Person to Run for State Legislature in Alabama

Washington D.C. (October 18, 2023) – Today Lisa Turner, Executive Director of LPAC, made the following statement on the transphobic and illegal literature distributed by supporters of Travis Hendrix’s campaign attacking LPAC-endorsed candidate Sylvia Swayne:

“LPAC unequivocally denounces the transphobic attack featured in this illegal piece of literature dropped at voters’ doors by supporters of Sylvia Swayne’s opponent. There is no place in campaign discourse for hateful attacks that put the safety of a candidate at risk. We call on Travis Hendrix to publicly renounce this attack and on the state of Alabama to investigate this illegal dark money assault. We stand with Sylvia Swayne as she continues to put voters first and focus on solutions for her community, not personal attacks.”

LPAC is the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ women and nonbinary people to local, state, and federal office. Sylvia Swayne faces Travis Hendrix in the October 24th special primary runoff for House District 55; if elected, Swayne would be the first out trans person elected in the state of Alabama.

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