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Eight years ago, I became the first openly gay person elected to the Michigan State Senate.
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The Senate was talking about us. It was making decisions for us. But it wasn't actually listening to us.
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If you're not at the table, oftentimes you find yourself on the menu.
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I ran and won, and brought our voice into the rooms where decisions about us are being made.
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Now I'm running for Congress in Michigan's 11th District, and if we win in November, I'll be the first openly gay member of Congress in Michigan history.
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That barrier has stood for as long as Michigan has sent people to Washington. It doesn't break on its own. It breaks because people decide to do the work, election after election.
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In 2023, I stood on the floor of the Michigan Senate and led the fight to pass a bill that Republicans had blocked for decades. I sponsored the amendment to Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, adding sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes from discrimination.
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That same term, I helped pass a ban on conversion therapy for minors in Michigan, strengthen Michigan's hate crime law, and make it easier for trans Michiganders to obtain government documents that match their identity.
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| Paid for by Jeremy Moss for Congress |
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