Supporters of Calexico City Council Member and Mayor Raúl Ureña denounced the recall as a "calculated," transphobic attack.
Well, we’re now a few days into Donald Trump’s election fraud trial in New York City, and we are already learning a lot. Unfortunately, none of it is very surprising.For instance, it looks like our media has settled into calling it a “hush money” trial, even if it most assuredly is a helluva lot more than that. In raw, legal terms, Trump is charged with violating New York Election Law, which prohibits conspiracies to promote a candidate’s election through unlawful means, and/or concealing a...
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 By a wide margin, voters in the border city of Calexico, California recalled Mayor Raul Urena, who was the first trans identifying individual elected mayor in the state. Urena, a 26-year-old biological male, identifies as a transgender woman and prefers she/they pronouns. Urena was first elected in 2020 at […]
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Two members of a city council in southern California are facing a recall effort, and one of them believes that latent "transphobia" is partially motivating it.Raúl Ureña was first elected to the City Council of Calexico, California — a city of nearly 40,000 residents that sits along the U.S. southern border — in 2020. At the time, he was just 23 years old and dressing in male attire. Two years later, Ureña was re-elected, but rather than continue with his usual...
California's first transgender mayor has been ousted from office. Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, came out as a transgender female after being elected. 'Transphobic' voters set out to kick Ureña out of office and won in a recent vote
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