Oakland City Council At-LargeRebecca KaplanOakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan is our choice in this race. First elected to the council in 2008, Kaplan, who identifies as a butch lesbian queer, is currently president of the eight-member body and has built a solid record not only on behalf of LGBTQ constituents, but all Oaklanders.
She changed the city's youth funding distributions so that queer youth programs are included; abolished old discriminatory laws that were on the books when she was elected — such as one making "cross dressing" an illegal act — and worked to get other LGBTQ people appointed to leadership positions on boards and commissions. "I worked with community partners to bring transgender awareness and trainings to the.