Exclusive Interview: Evan Low, New Head of the Victory Fund

metroweekly.com:

me as a candidate when I was 20 years old for City Council, back in 2004,” the former California State Assemblymember says.“I lost that first election, but Victory was there for me to help pick me up, catch me, and push me right along.

I ran the next cycle, and I was successful at 23 years old. Victory helped invest in me to make me become the youngest openly LGBT Mayor [of Campbell, Calif.] at that time back in 2009.”The 41-year-old takes the reigns of Victory — which advocates for greater LGBTQ representation in politics and helps train and develop future LGBTQ political leaders — from Annise Parker, the former Houston Mayor who led Victory for seven years, overseeing several successful political cycles during which LGBTQ representation increased.

One of Low’s ambitions is to increase the percentage of elected seats held by LGBTQ people to match the percentage of the U.S.

population that the LGBTQ community comprises.That would be a daunting task at any time, but it seems extremely difficult at a time when there’s a more extensive conservative backlash against LGBTQ progress.