Transgender candidate runs for Republican endorsement in Brainerd (MN)

StarTribune ^ | 1/29/08 | Larry Oakes

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

You could call Chrissy Nakonsky a candidate of change.

Until about five years ago, Nakonsky, who recently announced she's running for the Minnesota Legislature and will seek the Republican endorsement in her Brainerd-area district, was known as Jeff Nakonsky.

Nakonsky said the 2006 reelection of the state's only openly gay Republican legislator, Sen. Paul Koering of nearby Fort Ripley, gives her hope that Brainerd-area voters won't deny her a legislative seat because of her gender change.

"If people vote for or against me, it should be because of my values," Nakonsky said.

While there are about 400 openly gay or lesbian elected officials in the United States, none is a transgender person, according to the Washington-based Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

A transgender woman served a term on a City Council in Georgia but was defeated for reelection last year, the organization said.

"I've voted Republican all my life," Nakonsky said. "Republicans swear by not raising taxes, and raising taxes would hurt families in poverty, like mine."

The district is currently represented by Rep. John Ward, DFL-Brainerd, who is serving his first term.

[philetus]

“Sentimentality is loving people more than God would.”

No one loves people more than God does.

[philetus]

I always find it creepy when Freepers do the “guilty” / “not guilty” thing based on physical appearance.

I found your whole post creepy.

[philetus]

“She” has a d!ck.
“She” wants attention.
“She” is a sick puppy.
CREEPY

[Rastus]

No one who is mentally unstable should hold any public office.

If we followed that, Congress could be conducted in a phone booth. Might not be a bad idea.

[Albion Wilde]

“Sentimentality is loving people more than God would.” No one loves people more than God does.

Precisely. Think about it. It's a comment on sentimentality, not on God.

[Albion Wilde]

as for PEA, my alma mater indeed, I am pleased to see that it is still preparing its students to deal with anything they’ll meet out in the world. I doubt they are engendering transgenderism, but the may still be teaching students how to treat the help. I hope so. :) I take it you didn’t go to either. That’s a shame. They had and have a generous scholarship system for the poor. I’m told that’s part of the multicultural program.

Apparently it wasn't generous enough to buy your family a better limo. Or multicultural enough to teach its students not to scorn a boy who arrived in last season's Bentley.

tsk.

[Kolokotronis]

“Apparently it wasn’t generous enough to buy your family a better limo. Or multicultural enough to teach its students not to scorn a boy who arrived in last season’s Bentley.

tsk.”

True, but it made men out of us. Huc venite pueri, ut viri sitis! (It was too bad about the kid in that old S1)

[Albion Wilde]

Hic Quaerite Pueri Puellaeque Virtutem et Scientiam

[Ol' Sparky]

He/she/it could be the face of Republican party if Mitt Romney ended up in the White House.

[Kolokotronis]

“Hic Quaerite Pueri Puellaeque Virtutem et Scientiam”

Times change. I like the new motto. A few years back I was there for a major reunion. The school seems a better place today than in my day and I expect that’s attributable to the presence of the girls. What a great bunch of kids! I’m very happy about the changes, I’m very happy about how my class turned out (an excellent group of fellows who grew up to be fine men, husbands and fathers) and I am very proud of my old school.

[windcliff]

ping