This interview was conducted as part of the interview series LGBTQ&A, a weekly podcast that documents modern queer and trans history.If elected to New York City council in 2021, Marti Gould Cummings would become both the first drag artist and the first nonbinary person to hold public office in New York state.
Since announcing their candidacy, Cummings's campaign has raised more than $215,000 through small-dollar donations (93 percent were at or below $100) and the city's matching funds program.A