Watch the Nation's First Openly Lesbian House Speaker Address the DNC!

July 25, 2016

Updated with Tina's speech:

Tina Kotek, a Representative from Oregon, became the nation’s first openly lesbian House Speaker when she was sworn into office in 2013. She’s a longtime advocate of LGBTQ equality but is also well-known for her advocacy efforts around housing, health care, and other important issues that most impact marginalized communities.

OR House Speaker Tina Kotek stands with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales.

Kotek is set to speak at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week, but, earlier this month, attendees of Equality Federation’s Leadership Conference had the honor of getting to know her at our opening reception, organized with support from hosts Basic Rights Oregon.

Check out the instagram video clips from our reception in Oregon, and click here for more.

 

Oregon Speaker of the House Tina Kotek #eqfed16

A video posted by @equalityfed on Jul 13, 2016 at 6:32pm PDT

"We are where we are because people work really hard and we work in coalition. We work on things together that are not just about making sure the LGBTQ community is safe and taken care of - BRO and other allies have worked on racial justice, workers rights, immigrant rights...." - Tina Kotek

 

Rep Tina Kotek speaks about Oregon politics. #eqfed16

A video posted by @equalityfed on Jul 13, 2016 at 6:35pm PDT

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