Logan S. Casey, PhD

2025

• "Sol Kersey aims to bring a different voice to Cincinnati City Council." The Buckeye Flame. Ken Schneck. March 4. 

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2024

• "Sarah McBride’s historic run for Congress was decades in the making." NBC Out. Jo Yurcaba. Sept 28. 

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• "Kim Coco Iwamoto elected as Hawaii's first openly trans state lawmaker." Washington Blade. Rob Salerno. Aug 13.

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• "Trans candidates face challenges to get on Ohio ballots over 'deadnames.'" The Washington Post. Anumita Kaur. Jan 22. 

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2023

• "The Nation's First Transgender State Senator Stands Out by Fitting In." Governing. David Kidd. March 6. 

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• "World's First Out Transgender Member of Parliament Dies at 65."  The Advocate. Christopher Wiggins. March 6.

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2022

• "These recently elected trans lawmakers say anti-LGBTQ bills inspired them to run." NBC. Julie Moreau, Nov 30.

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• "Rhode Island could elect its first transgender state legislator this year." Boston Globe. Edward Fitzpatrick, August 10.

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• "Montana poised to elect first openly trans lawmakers." Montana Free Press. Mara Silvers. June 9.

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• "‘We’re not going back to zero’ Transgender politicians are challenging the status quo." USC Annenberg Media. Mia Ross. May 19.

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2021

• "'More Gary Coleman than Arnold Schwarzenegger': Caitlyn Jenner's historic run struggles." Los Angeles Times. Julia Wick. July 16.

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• "Lesbian, bisexual women more successful at the ballot box than gay men, study shows." NBC News. Julie Moreau. July 8. 

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• "'Historic' candidacy in Mobile: How Tex Copeland is bringing 'visibility' to the LGBTQ+ community." AL.com. John Sharp. June 21.

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2020​

• "Trans and nonbinary candidates set record wins in red and blue states." NPR. Piper McDaniel and David Garcia. Nov 9. 

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• "Transgender representation to nearly double in state legislatures." NBC News. Sydney Bauer. Nov 6.

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• "The number of transgender lawmakers doubled this year. Here's a look at races that made history." San Francisco Chronicle. Annie Vainshtein. Nov 5. 

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• "Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislator." The Wichita Eagle. Denise Neil and Jaime Green. Nov 3.

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• "'Blazing the pathway': Retired teacher could become Kansas' first transgender lawmaker." NBC News. Julie Compton. Oct 17.

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• "West Virginia, Louisiana elect first openly transgender women to political positions." The Hill. Anagha Srikanth. July 13.

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• "In the wake of Hallquist's historic run, 3 transgender women run for House seats." VTDigger. Kit Norton. Jun 2.

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2019

• "Transgender candidates won big in elections last night." Out Magazine. Matt Baume. Nov 6.

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• "Rainbow Wave 2.0: Nearly 100 LGBTQ candidates claim victory in Tuesday's elections." NBC News. Tim Fitzsimmons. Nov 6. 

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2018

• "Over 150 LGBTQ candidates claim victory in midterm elections." NBC News. Julie Moreau. Nov 7.

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• "Our Political Party System May Be Binary But Our Candidate's Gender Need Not Be." Daily Grab Back. Oct 23.

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• "‘I’m Not Running Because I’m Trans’: Meet the Men Fighting to Build Power One State Legislature Seat at a Time." Rewire.News. s.e. smith. Oct 5.

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• "Transgender candidates could make history in upcoming races." Reuters. Daniel Trotta. Aug 10.

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• "For Trans Candidates, Even Losing is Winning." The Advocate. Jacob Anderson-Minshall. July 26.

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• "Where Are the Trans Men in Politics?" HuffPost. Natalie Vikhrov. June 2.

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• "For LGBTQ community, 2017 was a mixed bag." NBC News. Brooke Sopelsa and John Paul Brammer. Jan 2.

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2017

• "LGBTQ Political Candidates Score Historic Victories Across U.S." NBC News. Julie Moreau. Nov 8.

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• "Wins for trans candidates seen as nationwide clarion call." Washington Blade. Chris Johnson. Nov 8.

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• "Out for votes: Battle over rights inspires more U.S. transgender candidates." Reuters. Letitia Stein. Oct 31.

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• "The Second Coming Out: Trans Candidates and the Quest for Public Service." Esquire Magazine. Nico Lang. Oct 25.

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• "For some transgender Texans, bathroom bill fight spurs bids for office." Texas Tribune. Emma Platoff. Sept 20.

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• "How Dan Patrick's bathroom bill galvanized transgender Texans." Dallas Morning News. Lauren McGaughy. Aug 20.

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• "Transgender Candidate Danica Roem Wins Virginia Primary, Makes History." NBC News. Julie Moreau. June 14.

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• "Will 2017 Be the 'Year of the Trans Candidate'?" NBC News. Julie Moreau. June 12.

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• "Trump bump? More transgender candidates seek public office." NBC News. Julie Moreau. April.

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2016

• Podcast: Dialogues on Democracy​. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. June.

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2015

• "This map shows the 31 countries where transgender and gender-variant candidates have run for office since 1977." The Washington Post, The Monkey Cage. December.

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• "UNC LGBTQ Representation and Rights Initiative Publishes First Report on Transgender Officials." UNC Global. December.

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• "Electing transgender officials: A new frontier in politics." The Washington Blade. November.​

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