wrote on Facebook New Year’s Day. “I don’t have all of the details till the autopsy comes back. The world is a darker place without her light shining in it.”In 2020, Perry-Franks, a Democrat, ran for the Texas House of Representatives from District 83, in the panhandle area, and for mayor of her hometown, Snyder. “Although she lost both races, she had an empowering impact on the party, the community, and her family,” reports OutSmart, a Houston-based LGBTQ+ publication.Perry-Franks died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder; her wife had rushed her to the hospital when she became ill.