Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an advocate for LGBTQ rights and equality. She has stated her support for the LGBTQ community and thanked them for their contributions to her campaign.
She raised funds for Mermaids, a UK-based charity for trans children, by publicizing and subsequently appearing on a video game live broadcast. Ocasio-Cortez delivered a thorough address in support of steps required to promote LGBTQ equality in the workplace and elsewhere at the January 2019 New York City Women’s March in Manhattan. She has also stated her support for transgender rights, saying, “It’s a no-brainer… trans rights are civil rights are human rights.”
How did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez become congresswoman?
On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic Party’s primary election for New York’s 14th congressional district, garnering nationwide attention.
In what was largely regarded as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries, she beat Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, a 10-term incumbent.
Why is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez important or influential?
She supports workplace democracy, Medicare for All, tuition-free public college, a government jobs guarantee, a Green New Deal, and the abolition of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
