Salt Lake City (Photo via Visit Salt Lake) Four LGBTQ Salt Lake City Council candidates won their elections Tuesday night – two incumbents and two non-incumbents.
So on the new council, four of the six seats will be held by out LGBTQ members. Darin Mano became the first Asian American out LGBTQ person elected to the council and Alejandro Puy became the first out LGBTQ Latinx person.
They will join out Councilmembers Amy Fowler and Chris Wharton, who both won reelection. Just six out LGBTQ people serve in elected office anywhere in Utah.
By comparison, Dallas has had three of 14 council members who were LGBTQ. Currently, just two Dallas city council members are out. “LGBTQ people are severely underrepresented in governments across Utah, so