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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 12:40 pm
In 2020, I made history as the first out LGBTQ+ Iranian elected anywhere in the world. I shattered the glass ceiling as the first woman of color and only the second queer woman to serve on the West Hollywood City Council. In 2023, I broke barriers again as the first female Iranian American mayor in the United States.
Source: https://www.advocate.com/voices/i-faced ... ay-to-lead