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In a way, Michigan Sen. His matter-of-fact State House speeches have won him several national headlines not because they are the fiery, soundbyte-laden stuff late-night cable news hosts love so much, but because they are so earnest. Moss, who has lived in Southfield his whole life, says what he means and means what he says.

At the same time — Moss, at a solidly Millennial age of 36, is just as much a product of his generation as he is a product of his blue-collar upbringing. If it's not me at that microphone in the Senate, it's nobody at that microphone in the Senate. Moss may have been born for this role.

The two went to the same school from first through eighth grade. Seagle remembers sitting in her second grade classroom when Moss broke the somber news that former President Richard Nixon had died. She describes it as the exact moment she found out who Nixon was.

Moss crafted the legislation alongside Rep. Like Moss, Hoskins started his political career on the Southfield City Council and then went on to become a state representative.

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In the first quarter ofthe legislature also put bills in front of Gov. Moss says he felt there was a weight on him as an openly gay state leader, one he tried to harness in an effective way. I wanted people to know that there are consequences to LGBTQ hate and, in Michigan, there were electoral consequences.

Our state absolutely rejected the bigotry and hatred spewed by [former GOP nominee for Michigan governor] Tudor Dixon all the way to Senate candidates who ran against transgender youth and athletes. Still, Moss acknowledges things could have gone in the other direction — that his presence on the ticket and his frequent vocalization about the queer community could be a burden on the whole ticket.

If we were to lose, how would we move forward as a community? With the amendment a done deal and the legislature solidly blue at least for a whileit would surely be easier for Moss to take a breather. But as Republicans push transphobic rhetoric nationally and in pockets across Michigan, Moss is as fired up as he was when the then GOP-led Senate failed to pass a Pride Month resolution in In a Senate floor speech at the timehe said, "The Republican leadership regresses and again throws Pride Month back into the trash heap.

I guess the cruelty is the point. My community is not the cause of your problems. A year later, with the power of the majority on his side, Moss is practically daring the opposing party to bring homophobic and transphobic messaging to the table. And, in fact, several Republicans did join Democrats when the time came.

For example, Moss currently serves as At least im not gay polotician President Pro Tem and as chairman of the Senate Election and Ethics Committee, a role that has him focused on protecting literal small d democracy. To that end, Moss has been working on rectifying a situation that has left Michigan as one of only two states where a lawmaker does not have to disclose financial conflicts of interest related to proposed legislation.

Asked about his downtime, he laughs. It's getting harder to talk to my young adult children about the news. Not because they aren't old enough to comprehend it, but because I know they do. Ever wondered if foster care is for you? Right [