The Advocate offers interviews with the the gay candidate, Jonathan D. Lovitz (below), and the trans competitor, Deja Lynn Alvarez (here). “Public service has been my calling for as long as I remember,” says Jonathan D.
Lovitz, a gay man who’s one of four Democrats running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 182nd District, located in the center of Philadelphia.Lovitz is competing with trans woman Deja Lynn Alvarez and straight cisgender allies Ben Waxman and Will Gross in the Democratic primary.
They and one Republican, Albert Robles, are vying to succeed Brian Sims, the gay man who made history as Pennsylvania’s first out state legislator and is now running for lieutenant governor.
Given the district’s makeup, the winner of the Democratic primary will almost certainly win the general election in November.The Democrats have a good field, Lovitz says, but he asserts that his experience makes him the best candidate.