LGBTQ Victory Fund, which endorsed them. Bakhtiari is currently a curator of the Atlanta-based art organization Black Futures Matter and a board member for several state and local organizations, including LGBTQ+ group Georgia Equality.
Their priorities for the council include making more affordable housing available and addressing the root causes of violent crime.
Bakhtiari, a lifelong Atlantan born to immigrant parents, is the second Iranian-American on the council and one of just a handful of nonbinary elected officials or out queer Muslim officials nationwide.
They are not only the first nonbinary person on the Atlanta council but the first on any governing body of a major U.S. city.