Adam Spickler makes California history as first trans man to hold elected office

Longtime Santa Cruz County resident Adam Spickler, a transgender man, ran for a seat on the seven-member Governing Board of Cabrillo Community College.

Spickler was seeking to replace Gary Reece, 72, a retired Pasatiempo resident who has held the seat for more than two decades. But because Spickler ran unopposed, he has been appointed to the post— becoming the first openly transgender man to hold elected office in the state of California.

Spickler, 48, a senior Santa Cruz County analyst and administrator since 2013, is no stranger to electoral politics. He is a longtime local Democratic Party leader and has spent over a decade working for elected officials in the California State Senate and Assembly representing Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast. He has already compiled a long list of endorsements from local and state officials.

Spickler said, “after 10 years as a Democratic Party member in Santa Cruz, I think that people have seen that I listen and that I’m a bridge builder who gets things done.”

http://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/08/16/trans-democratic-party-leader-seeking-cabrillo-college-trustee-seat/