Meet the trans man running for NY City Council: his kids call him ‘mom’

Mel Wymore, 55, is a New Yorker, a Democrat and a candidate for election to the governing council of the nation’s most populous city.

He also happens to be transgender.

The divorcé and his two adult children — ages 23 and 20 — have been through all this before, a political campaign waged four years ago, in which he received The New York Times’ endorsement.

“In 2013, I came in second,” Wymore told LGBTQ Nation last week, in a one-on-one interview on his home turf.

But Riley and Rowyn, like Wymore, were not fazed or discouraged by those 2013 results; he said they are energized like never before: “They’re not politicians themselves but they are deeply involved in the process, and are leaders in their own communities. They support me 100 percent and are on the campaign, working very hard.”

Spiire – Mel Wymore, (D) Candidate for NYC Council

And that hard work is paying off. Wymore said the campaign is doing “very well” in a three-candidate race, headed for a primary on September 12th.

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