LPAC Featured in the Advocate
LPAC endorsee Maura Healey was recently featured in an article published in The Advocate. The piece covers Maura’s September primary election victory.
From the piece:
Healey recently told The Boston Globe that her lesbian identity had been a nonissue in the Massachusetts governor’s race. “I take it as a sign of progress in Massachusetts that it isn’t something I have to justify or overcome,” she said. “I am certainly proud of it; it’s my identity and who I am.”
Healey would be the first woman elected governor of Massachusetts as well. Jane Swift, who was lieutenant governor when Gov. Paul Cellucci became ambassador to Canada in 2001, moved up to the governor’s office, but she was never elected.
LGBTQ+ groups applauded Healey’s primary victory. “Tonight marks an important moment for LGBTQ women's representation,” LPAC Executive Director Lisa Turner said in a press release. “In the history of our country only three open lesbians have been gubernatorial nominees for major parties — Lupe Valdez in Texas in 2018, and this year Tina Kotek in Oregon and Maura Healey in Massachusetts. Maura has a track record of standing up for people of Massachusetts, whether by leading the first state challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, fighting the oil companies, or taking on opioid manufacturers. By becoming one of the first open lesbians to lead a U.S. state, she will serve as a significant role model for LGBTQ women across the country.”
Read the full story from the Advocate here.
Original Story by Trudy Ring in The Advocate,
September 6, 2022