Trans Activist Deja Alvarez Campaign Announcement

With a platform highlighting quality of life issues, infrastructure, healthcare, and economic recovery, Deja Alvarez is running to become the first openly trans Latina member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

A historic election is brewing in one of Philadelphia’s most iconic, and queer, districts. Deja Lynn Alvarez, an activist and Co-Founder of Home For Hope, launched her campaign earlier this month and announced her run for State Representative for the 182nd district, which includes the iconic Philly Gayborhood. If elected, she would become the first out trans person elected to state office in Pennsylvania.

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