Meet the gay 19-year-old who won a seat on his city council
Keegan Roberts. Courtesy Facebook.
Keagan Roberts has captured national attention for winning a seat on the city council of South Berwick, Maine, population 7,500. The reason: Roberts is only 19, making him one of the youngest elected officials in the United States. He also happens to be gay.
“I hope that it doesn’t matter how young you are, it doesn’t matter how you identify, you can do whatever you put your mind to,” he said of his victory to Out magazine. Roberts won election earlier in November and took his seat on the council last week.
Roberts chose to seek political office after growing up with the charms of his small town. Amazingly, he also claims that he didn’t experience much homophobia when he came out in school or around town.
“I really didn’t face too much bullying, at least to my face, which was nice,” he recalls. “I also have a twin brother who’s gay, so that kind of made high school a little bit easier. It’s amazing. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
Roberts missed the deadline to have his name on the ballot, so instead, he camped outside the polls on election day and staged a write-in candidacy. He ended up receiving more than 20% of the vote–more than any other candidate.
“There’s a whole demographic that not really being completely spoken for because you don’t really have anyone [my] age speaking,” Roberts said of his decision to run. He hopes to give back to his community through his newly acquired position, and joins a growing number of queer Americans seeking or holding political office ahead of the 2020 election.
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Netflix Offers a Tease of RuPaul in the Upcoming Scripted Series ‘AJ and the Queen’ — WATCH
Netflix has released a first teaser for AJ and The Queen, the upcoming hourlong scripted comedy series set to debut on January 10 starring RuPaul and co-written by RuPaul and Michael Patrick King. The clip features RuPaul in a variety of costumes preparing for the stage.
The show’s synopsis gives us a better idea of what it’s all about: “Robert Lee (RuPaul), better known as the drag queen Ruby Red, has big dreams of opening his very own drag club. After years of performing in clubs all across the country, he has scrimped and saved and is one signed lease away from turning his dreams into a reality until he realizes he’s been swindled by a charismatic grifter (Josh Segarra) and his eye-patch wearing partner-in-crime, Lady Danger (Tia Carrere). With his heart broken and money stolen, Robert has no choice but to pick up the pieces and start over, and a cross country Ruby Red roadshow provides the perfect opportunity to do just that. But when AJ (Izzy G.), a scrappy, streetwise 10-year-old escaping a difficult home life, stows away in Robert’s rundown RV, the consummate performer suddenly finds himself in a new set of shoes: de facto parent. Fabulously mismatched yet perfectly paired, AJ and Ruby must find a way to navigate through tough times as they learn a few tricks from one another and roll on to brighter days.”
