Jun 12, 2022 – La’Tasha D. Mayes, a local reproductive rights activist, will be the first Black lesbian woman elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She’ll join a handful of openly gay members, including state Rep. Jessica Benham, D-Carrick, who was the state’s first bisexual woman elected to the House.
A freedom of speech row has erupted after a Pennsylvania lawmaker demanded three speakers be cancelled from a university event for purporting anti-transgender views. State representative La’Tasha Mayes (left) raised concerns about upcoming events at the University of Pittsburgh which will give a platform to swimmer Riley Gaines (top right) – who was beaten by trans athlete Lia Thomas last year – journalist Cabot Phillips (bottom right) and political commenter Michael Knowles (mid right). Critics interpreted Mayes’s remarks to be a thinly-veiled threat to remove funding from the university if it did not comply.
PA Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 38 