“With his bid in 2024 for a California state Senate seat, Alex Mohajer is looking to make LGBTQ political history. The gay UC Berkeley graduate would not only be the first out legislator from Orange County, he also believes he would be the first out Iranian man to hold elected office anywhere in the world.
His candidacy is already making national headlines. The news site Queerty this month named Mohajer, 38, one of its 50 most influential and inspiring LGBTQ+ voices in the U.S.”
Read the full profile in the Bay Area Reporter’s Political Notebook.