The Democratic National Committee's decision to scrap a Black trans woman as an at-large member of the DNC was disheartening and confusing to many, more so because it was tone deaf to calls for diversity and equitable representation.
Marisa Richmond, Ph.D., wrote on her Facebook page October 3 that she received news that she will not be reappointed — her last meeting is this Saturday.
She was the first Black trans woman who was a member of the DNC.Richmond lives in Nashville, Tennessee, a ruby red state with an atrocious record on LGBTQ rights. (It's one of 18 states that is on California and San Francisco's no-fly lists for taxpayer-funded travel because of its anti-LGBTQ laws.) In addition to her qualifications, that's all the more reason.