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- What Was The Most Rewarding Part About Being in Office?
- What Surprised You Most About Being in Office?
- What Do You Plan on Doing Now That Session Is Over?
- You Recently Launched The nonprofit. Why Create That Institute Now?
- Do You Have A Favorite Tattoo?
- Who Are Your Trans Or Nonbinary Heroes?
- Who Is A Rising Trans Or Nonbinary Leader in Minnesota?
- What's Something You Want Everyone to Know About Trans people?
It's what I'm receiving from people every day. I have a pile of cards from young people or parents of trans kids who are able to see in my work, see in the work of the Queer Caucus, a future for their child or for themselves that they haven't been able to see before. That's just rewarding to a level that I can't even put into words, knowing that we...
This is a little bit naïve, but I really was surprised by how much vitriol and hate I received. I thought it was going to be hard. I knew that I was going to go headlong into fighting for the rights of trans people and undocumented people, people who need the help the most. And the response was extremely positive and supportive. And the response to...
I started a nonprofit, the Queer Equity Institute, so that is what I will be doing for the next eight months until we are back in session in February. I hope to do a little travel. I hope to see my kids more. I hope to be able to do some more socializing. But I'm going to work; it's what I do.
Queer Equity Institute came out of my personal experience transitioning from filmmaking and activism into political office. I knew some people in this space, and it was still tremendously difficult to know the literal things that you have to do. How do you run for office? What are the steps? What are the things you wouldn't know if you just don't k...
I have a portrait of the Bride of Frankenstein from the [1935] James Whale film “Bride of Frankenstein.” I got that after I started my transition. I love horror. The Bride of Frankenstein is a bit of a queer icon. They create this monster and then they create the monster’s wife, right? And she doesn't consent to that and then she burns down and kil...
My newest hero is Rep. Alicia Kozlowski, the first nonbinary, two-spirit person who's been elected to [the Minnesota Legislature], who I've served with, I sat next to on the floor, like we have developed a very powerful relationship, I think, for both of us. I find their work and their spirit to be just absolutely inspiring every single day. But wh...
There are a number of people who I’ve gotten to know who are just unafraid in a way that I’ve never seen before. Some of them are maybe 18 but some are 10, 11, 12 year olds who just have been able to live in the world for their whole life as their authentic self. Parents have always had the opportunity to love their children no matter what, and the...
One is that trans people are just people. Trans people are just living. I hear from trans people all the time in small towns all over Minnesota, rural communities that are represented by Republicans. They write me these letters and they say, ‘I'm trans, I've been living in this small community of a few hundred my whole life and I'm really nervous o...
Leigh Finke is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Finke represents District 66A in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Falcon Heights , Lauderdale , Roseville and Saint Paul , and parts of Ramsey County in ...
Aug 10, 2022 · A 2021 bill introduced in Minnesota that would make it a petty misdemeanor for transgender girls to participate on girls sports teams prompted Finke to make the move from activist to candidate.
Jul 2, 2023 · Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, center, posed for a photo with the Queer Caucus, including Rep. Leigh Finke. Zephyr, the first openly transgender woman elected to the Montana Legislature, was...
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Dec 20, 2022 · Rep.-elect Leigh Finke (DFL-St. Paul) discusses the importance of being the first transgender person to be elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in this informational interview.
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Aug 12, 2022 · (Courtesy photo) Leigh Finke, a 41-year-old documentary filmmaker and advocate, handily defeated Dave Thomas to secure the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination for House District 66A, an open state...
