Currently Texas is being ran by mostly Republicans and Governor Greg Abbot. They are doing everything in their power to pass a bathroom bill requiring transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate. Sadly, the majority of the people in power in Texas do not correctly represent the issues that most of the people in Houston, Austin, and Dallas represent and they aren’t LGBTQ-friendly.
This is where Dallas businessman Jeffrey Payne comes in. He declared his candidacy for the 2018s governor’s election shortly after Abbott announced his bid for re-election last week. Payne owns the popular Dallas gay leather bar The Eagle and was crowned International Mr. Leather in 2009, and he has no intention of trying to hide his past. He’s also been massively successful in real estate, law, and philanthropy.
Payne calls Abbott “a disaster for Texas” stating “Texas needs a governor who believes in real Texas values, like integrity, honesty, freedom and independence,” the openly gay Payne told the Dallas Voice. “It’s time we stopped wasting our time and money on silly legislation and start investing our time finding ways to help Texans, their families and businesses prosper.”
A Democratic governor hasn’t been elected since Ann Richards in 1991. Wendy Davis tried the last election and lost “bigly” to the anti-LGBTQ Greg Abbot.
“It’s time we stopped letting the Republican Party run unopposed in this state,” he says. “We need a governor who is not a career bureaucrat, but one with real world experience and dedication to making Texas a better, safer and healthier place for all Texans.”
Could Texas be ready for real change and start progressing instead of going backwards?
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