Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Frankie Perez, a transgender man sitting on Metro Police’s Citizen Review Board, considers Silver State Equality’s LGBTQ+ Leadership Academy “a breath of fresh air” amid attacks on queer people in the United States.

“We are constantly seeing ourselves in the news … being demonized,” Perez said. “So it’s important that we have an outlet. We have a space to be able to say we want to be a part of this democracy and a part of this fight, and this is where we’re going to begin.”

The academy, in its second year, is a two-day crash course in late October on running for office and potential appointments to bodies like the review board, an appointed body of civilians that reviews complaints filed against Metro Police and reviews Metro’s Int

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