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Come on, baby.
If your heart ain't busy tonight.
Well I could keep it occupied for a long, long time.
Yes I could.
Aw.
I'm glad I didn't wear my white pants.
I said I'll just wear jeans.
That's too funny.
That is funny.
Yay. You don't need it.
It's a big old Mexican bag.
That's silver and black right there.
Come on back.
Go, Spurs, go! Go, Spurs, go!
Yeah! Houston Rockets!
No, I'm running for city council in San
Antonio. So it's all about the Spurs right now.
It's all about the Spurs.
There is never a good time to
run for office.
You're either going to do it or you're just going to sit on
the sidelines and watch the parade go by.
No, I – I chose now because
I want to be part of that parade.
We have so many signs in our garage. It's crazy.
I want to see.
I have no clue on what I want.
I don't even know what we're looking at colors wise.
Because you're running for. .
City council district eight.
Okay! See I got all this background.
City council.
It's Texas and Texas loves signs.
It's an important part of tradition here.
They are not cheap.
I think Frankie should be the big priority.
Agreed.
I think it's important for people not just to see my name,
but to see my face.
Small ones it might be too crowded, but on the four by eights it'd
probably look just right.
And this is Javier Salazar's.
I mean, it's busy, and there's a lot in there, but that's
pretty legible.
My girl.
I know about politics.
I know what I want to see happen in our community.
Like, I know my colors.
I know what I like. What do you like?
The trans flag color.
I don't know.
Light blue. Like a light pink and a white.
Just really just dawned on me right now.
That's the trans pride flag.
It's cute.
I'm now feeling the urge to be the voice
of the community that needs someone like
me.
How gorgeous are they?
I never thought that I'd see my face like this.
It's real.
It's real momma, are you ready?
I can't believe it.
I am.
Jesus Christ.
It's going to be amazing.
We're going to change city hall.
Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you.
I'm ready for this.
It's really incredible because not too many years ago,
being transgender would basically
disqualify you from running for public office.
We live in a state that is openly
hostile to our community.
We have a president who has attacked us from the very outset
of his administration.
But as we have seen recently, more
people like us are stepping up.
I did meet Frankie in January of 2012,
and about 30 minutes later I was hopelessly head over heels
in love.
And as anyone who spent more than five minutes in a room with
her probably can understand.
That's all it takes to see the glow that comes off of her.
I'm so proud of her but at the same time,
terrified. It's just the fear of the unknown.
An old, chivalrous fear of not being able to protect somebody
from whatever mystery lies around the corner.
But those fears are tiny compared to the joy
that I feel in having the privilege of
sharing her not only with our neighbors in district eight but
with the entire city of San Antonio.
Please help me welcome Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe.
This is really different.
My commitment to service started a very long time ago.
It really stemmed from my mother.
The strength and the courage that my mother gave us.
She would work two, three jobs in order to provide
food for us, and she would go without eating
so that we could eat.
She taught me to help and teach and give to others.
That service that I keep seeing that my mom
provided is what I have been trying to give back to the
community for a very long time.
I want to be just like my mother.
And I'm proud to be here today saying that I'm a replica of
this amazing woman.
.
This is my home.
For the last 23 years,
I saw politician after politician who just
didn't look like me.
Didn't speak like me.
Wasn't like me.
But I supported them because I always felt like these were
the right candidates that was going to represent me and be my
voice at the table.
Well, it's ending because now I am going to be my own
voice at the table.
I'm formally announcing my candidacy for
city council district eight.
[Applause]
Frankie. Frankie. Frankie. Frankie. Frankie.
There it is. We're official.
Politics in my life
is like food.
I need it in order to survive.
I may not win, but I don't know if I can live with myself
if I didn't at least try.
What do you think? It's cute, right?
Little campaign office. And then we have kind of like our war
room.
Hi. How are you?
Mom, I'm going to break your. .
Haha. I really don't know where her personality comes
from, okay? She's something else.
We can put one of them. I guess we can use this for people to
sign in. There's tape right there.
Frankie, like any challenger in a city council race,
has an uphill battle.
When you're trying to evaluate the competitiveness of an
election, money is what you look at.
Usually the recipe to overcoming a financial disadvantage
is just kind of sheer work.
When she sets her mind to do something, she
takes it by the horns, really.
Takes it by the horns.
Hello.
My name is Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe and I am your candidate for
city council district eight. You're in my district right now.
A little bit about me.
District eight is on the north west side of town.
It's one of the fastest growing and most diverse pockets of
San Antonio.
It's got the University of Texas at San Antonio.
I want to get more young people involved
in politics.
I can't help you cheat on your exam, but I can do
whatever I can to help steer you in the direction that you
want to go.
Thank you.
District eight has got all kinds of interesting businesses
and kind of growth in that respect.
It's also got the largest population of refugees and
immigrants. It's all these kind of different melting pots of
people coming together.
What I'm trying to get is more civic engagement.
I want more people to have a seat at the table.
So I'm doing something a little different than what city
council has seen in the past.
Right now, there's 53 precincts that make up district
eight. I want to make sure that there is a representative of
each precinct.
I think more voices at the table means that we're going to
get a lot more done.
There's a lot that needs to happen in district eight, and
it's time that we stand up and we make a change.
And that is why I am here now.
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe, I'm running for city council district
eight. Beautiful dog.
I worked for Wells Fargo as a VP in H. R. , Learning
and Development.
So my background is taking an organization from its current
state and moving them into their future state.
That is what I do.
Julián Castro, the former mayor, has said that San Antonio
and its makeup and demographics represents what the country
will be in the next ten, 20, 30 years.
I think district eight is the embodiment of that.
I'm a proud wife to a military veteran.
I am a proud Latina.
But most of all, I'm very proud to be
a trans woman.
I love y'all.
Thank you.
Do you know how many lies I had to tell today?
The amount of volunteers.
I think that was the only thing.
But we got to look like we're moving.
What are you going to do with your hair?
Curl it.
Running for office is a big performance.
I'm really aiming toward the skirt.
With boots or shoes?
Probably my heels.
Just make sure you're comfortable.
I know I'd be more comfortable in slacks, but I kind of want
to feminine it up.
You'll be pretty.
It works, right?
It's a performance that I've learned since the very first
campaign when I walked in to a rally in '96.
I was in high school and I had a
teacher who wanted us to be more involved
in democracy.
She took me to a local rally.
Good morning, San Antonio.
People want to hear that you
are a formidable candidate.
It's a huge show that leads up to
the goal of being able to work for the community.
For the working people of America.
We owe you affordable health care, a good education system,
and a growing economic environment.
I saw the way the audience was just captivated
by his words and the hope
that he was giving each and every one of us.
How can we roll up our sleeves and work together
to make life better for everyone?
That's what I am trying to do.
It's the empowerment that these people
felt this need to come together and make a difference.
I just knew in that moment that politics was for me.
Y'all are doing okay? Y'all need anything?
Doing good? Good.
Okay.
Tell me these expenses. Hold on.
Hillary campaign, this is Frankie.
Being a volunteer and being a staffer for
all these campaigns,
that was my way of being able to give back to my community.
I felt at that time that what I was doing was enough.
Election Day so following it's going to be on one of those
days.
Bexar county Democratic Party. How can I help you?
But over the past ten years, the Texas legislature
has been a complete and utter mess.
With more than 20 bills filed, Texas has introduced
more anti-LGBTQ legislation than
any other state this year.
Leaders from across Texas are at the state Capitol urging
lawmakers not to pass the so-called bathroom bill.
We need a law that protects the privacy of
our children in our public schools.
The bill can do nothing to reduce the number of safety
problems in public restrooms caused by transgender people
because you can't go lower than zero.
Saturday, transgender woman Ashley Smith posted this photo
with the governor with the caption: How will the potty police
know I'm transgender if the governor doesn't?
The Texas legislature will debate a bill this week that would
force transgender students to compete on sports teams that
match their assigned genders at birth.
If you have a little girl and she dreamed of a state
championship and then it was taken by somebody who
just had a physiologic advantage from birth because they're
born a male.
It's just not fair to our little girls.
SB 1646 seeks to charge parents with child
abuse if they help a minor receive gender affirming
medical treatment.
SB 723.
If this bill does pass, it will nullify
existing marriages in Texas for transgender
people.
It's been a long road.
We've never been recognized, never
been recognized in this city.
And it's long, long, long
overdue.
We have watched over the last several years as the
conservative movement has basically demonized
the trans community for their own political gain.
And we are sick of it.
We are not going to allow people
to take that away from us like they just did in Austin.
Let the senators know that we are here and they
should be listening to us.
A politician makes decisions at the table.
An activist pushes the politician to make policy.
It seems like the more that the trans community has become
visible, the more they seem to be wanting to work against us.
I want to be able to make the decisions
because that is where we lack representation.
Here's my Donald Trump hurricane relief impression.
The epitome of empathy, that fucking guy.
When we started dating, of course, one
of the very first questions I had to ask him was: Are you a
Democrat?
Did you make home made spaghetti sauce?
Yes, baby.
Do you remember the very first lasagna I ever made you?
I sure do.
I made that sauce.
I spent 6 hours on that source.
I am blessed that I
met someone who supports me.
You're in a rare position.
Like, for me, it's hard to imagine somebody
being in the city that they were raised in.
You grew up here. You know the city like the back of your
hand. You literally spent your whole life
here.
It's got to feel good to be able to affect that community
that you've spent so much time in.
I kind of feel nomadic in a way, like, I don't really belong
anywhere.
You belong to the Air Force.
He's the one that I've been waiting for
for 40 years.
Frankie began her transition pretty much at the time
we met.
I fell in love with the person, and that hasn't changed
one bit.
What has changed is she's happier.
You look beautiful.
You look like me.
So do the honors.
This makes it official.
Jeff.
I place this ring on your finger.
With my everlasting love for you.
As my best friend.
And as my husband.
By the authority invested in me, I pronounce you husband and
wife.
You're stuck.
Introducing the Mr.
and Mrs.
Jeffrey Wolfe.
I met Jeff around the same time that
Jeff met Frankie. Back then, Jeff wasn't as
warm and open of a person.
He'd just gotten back from Afghanistan and
wasn't the easiest person to get to know.
As Jeff's relationship with Francie
grew, Jeff's wall
came down.
And he let me in and
I got to be the beneficiary
of this beautiful woman opening Jeff's heart, giving
him the courage to be who he is.
And I will forever be grateful to you, Frankie, for
that.
To Jeff and Frankie.
I loved serving, but I knew I
wasn't allowed to be myself.
It's a terrible weight, you know?
I refuse and I think she feels the same way.
I refuse to live a lie one more minute.
Thank you so much, everybody, for being here.
So grateful for everyone that fought for my right to marry
the love of my life.
I promise you and I promise her: We are not going
to stop fighting for that right.
There's no going backwards.
We're going to be together forever. Thank you for being here.
Let's eat.
Count to five for me real quick.
One, two, three, four, five.
I'm good.
Okay. If the airport concession vote came up again,
where would you have voted on that issue?
Part of my platform really has to do with small businesses.
I want to be able to find a way to be able to promote small
businesses in San Antonio, especially at the San
Antonio Airport.
I think that is a great opportunity
for us. Our culture as a city should
be represented more at the airport, and that's one of
the biggest reasons why I would have voted against.
Including Chick-fil-A.
Including Chick-fil-A Kraft. Correct.
In your opinion, what makes you a stronger candidate to
represent district eight than the current incumbent?
I'm not running against anyone in this race.
I'm running for the constituents in district eight.
What I'm hoping to accomplish at the very end of this is
bringing more voices to the table.
I want people to have a stake in their community.
This is my home. I just want to be able to give back
to this community that has provided me so much.
That's all I'm hoping to do.
Anything else?
I think that's it.
You know politicians. We can talk all day.
In the race for district eight, Manny Pelaez faces two
challengers, Tony Valdivia and Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe,
who has worked on more than 50 campaigns dating back to
the 1990s.
She would make state history if elected.
I'm a very proud trans woman running for office in
San Antonio.
Frickin 35-minute interview and they played like 8 seconds.
That says Tony Valdivia gets my vote.
The one in the middle looks like a dude in a dress.
That's so cute.
And then the reply was the one in the middle was a dude
in a dress.
Anti Chick-fil-A too.
That's funny.
No, it's not. These fucking cowards.
I don't know what motivates somebody to take the time to do
that.
It doesn't bother me.
Thank goodness you came to my class so I heard about you.
And now I'm going to join that grassroot organization.
I definitely consider it. Like if you trying to get more
involved in politics, the best way to just get started is
getting your foot in.
Yeah, I'm going to join their group so I can go ahead and
walk with them as well.
We read a lot of articles that relate to women in politics,
and people don't like voting for women because they feel like
they're going to only compensate for women's
needs, certain needs.
Do you feel that people, since you are
transgender, do you feel that people see you and they're
like, 'Oh, she's going to be only for transgender people. '
Absolutely.
It is a little different. And now I struggle with it
and I struggle with this presentation.
And they don't ask those questions to men.
They don't like, you know?
Last night.
On the bed. What am I going to wear tomorrorw?
And my husband's like, 'That's fine. '
I was like, 'But what is this saying to the people?'
You know?
And here in my mind, I have now allowed society
to tell me what
I need to wear in order to be to represent
the right thing. Right?
I have an endorsement interview with the firefighters so I
think I'm going to wear red. It would be right for me to wear
a dress because I'll look more feminine.
So I'll portray more of the woman than the trans
woman.
It's really hard for a female being in office, especially
someone who is transgender and a Latina.
I think at the very end of it, I'm not running as the trans
woman. I'm running as Frankie who wants to do something good
in the community.
We're ready?
Yes.
Team selection is a very important part of campaigning.
The person that I'm leaning towards and I wish you would give
me a call back is Jennifer Longoria.
There's another person by the name of Veronica Gonzalez.
Veronica Gonzalez unfortunately works with both sides of the
aisle.
She's a consultant that works with Republicans and Democrats.
I have to narrow that down.
This is Frankie.
Hey, chica.
Good. Just working on the data for
the campaign.
It's so different when, you know, when you're
the consultant and you're trying to help the candidate.
But sitting in the spot right now that I'm at, I'm like, 'How
do I help myself?'
I'm driving myself crazy.
And I know I'm going to have to, you know, let go of
the reins.
I get it. I get it, you know?
And that's why.
But we're going to have to talk because I'm going to have to
let go of some of this and somebody who's equally brilliant
and a woman.
All right. See you Wednesday.
Bye.
It's really good to have friends.
I didn't even think about that.
I've been considering bringing on Veronica.
Girl knows. I mean, she.
Oh, she called me earlier and she gave me another
thing that I was kind of like, 'what,' I didn't even think
about.
Because I was working on the data already, right?
Like that is a place that I think I could utilize her but.
Just be careful about who you trust to bring into your inner
circle.
Those are the doors that we're knocking on.
So when you start walking, you just say, hello, my name is
so-and-so.
I'm a volunteer for the Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe campaign.
Can I speak with and say the voter's name.
Frankie is focused on easing traffic congestion,
improving road and sidewalk infrastructure and
technology infrastructure, finding ways to help
locally owned small businesses expand,
public safety and property tax reform.
I know people have been asking, what are you going to be
focused on? It's now in here.
A lot of people might ask how she feels about gun rights, how
she talks about guns in schools, how does she feel about
abortion.
She will never have to actually vote on that at
city council.
You just tell them this is a nonpartisan race.
Those issues typically don't come before city council.
And if they push you, you say well typically, Frankie has
voted in Democratic primaries, but she does
cross over in the general election.
There's a lot of us conservative Democrats out there, and
we don't want to turn her off for for anybody.
Okay? Focus just on her.
So let's go ahead and move on to 13130.
Hi, is this Elita?
Hello, I'm a volunteer with Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe.
I was just calling to check in with you and see if you voted
yet or know who you're voting for.
Go ahead.
Thank you. Thank you.
Election on May 4, 2019 and she could really use your
support.
I've known her family even before Frankie was born.
So this is another reason why we're volunteering to do this.
Because it's all family.
And if we can help in any
way, we do that.
We want every part of government to look like us,
and everyone else deserves that too.
San Antonio doesn't look like just one person.
If a town in Texas can do it, then anybody can
do it.
How's everybody doing? Make some noise up in here.
Make some noise.
I might do that again because there's a reason why we're up
here, you guys. You're an ally to this beautiful woman.
So please, please make some noise because if she makes
history, she would be the first in San Antonio to be a trans
city councilwoman. Make some noise one more time if you are a
trans ally.
Y'all ready get messed up with me today?
These people are giving cash donations.
So at the very end, since they are
physically tipping Lindsay, whatever she collects, she
has to sign for as her contribution.
Does that make sense?
We have a friend of hers.
Denise has been Frankie's friend for many, many,
many, many years. I think it's better for you to say from
your heart what you think about your friend.
Frankie.
You are a light.
A joy to be around.
You have the biggest heart.
And I need everyone to know how strong
of a person that you are and how much you're going
to do for this city.
I love you.
Please, everybody stand up and make some noise.
The pioneer of the trans community for here in San Antonio.
The very beautiful miss Frankie
Gonzales-Wolfe.
Having my trans brothers and sisters
surround me with that energy and that
love.
It means everything to me.
Some of the bills they have before the state right now.
So we're doing a lot of training to oppose
these bills.
And now, more and more people want
to know about the trans community.
So the 17th.
Transgender lobby day at the state capitol.
Lobbying. Think about all of us going to
Austin.
Lauryn, can you give us three action items in writing before
the end of the night and email them to Alfred?
And we'll send out an action alert email blast
tomorrow morning to all the gays we have emails for
in every list we have asking them to come and do
three things that you want them to do.
Oh, I forgot to tell you that I also talked to Maria,
and I told her that we have to find a way for Stonewall
Democrats to stop using the words as
gay, gay this, gay that, gay whatever.
And I was like 'because it's more than just gay
in that organization. '
And I said, 'because if I recall correctly, Maria, it was
drag queens and transwomen that actually started the marches.
And protests.
She was like, 'oh, no, I know. '
I was like, 'just saying. '
It was a trans woman, a black trans woman that actually
started that.
First, let me start off by saying thank you for reaching out
to me with questions that you feel are important to you.
In regards to your question on being trans, the truth of the
matter is that I am a trans woman and
can never deny my truth or visibility.
It would be like asking a cisgender woman if she will refrain
from advocating for women or never to refer
to themselves as a woman.
It would become quite difficult to leave your identity
at the front door before you leave the house.
One thing I can always promise you, Mr. Cook, is I would
never deny your right to have a voice and ask those sometimes
uncomfortable questions.
My door will always be open to have dialog about any and
everything that would affect you, your family, and our
community.
I will always listen with an open mind, and an open heart.
That is the only way we will be able to move forward
together.
Thank you again for reaching out and allowing me an
opportunity to earn your vote.
Looks good. Looks like more grace than he was showing
you.
But I don't want anybody ever to feel like they're not going
to have a seat at the table because I happen to be a trans
woman and he's a Republican, so, no, you're not going to have
a voice. No, that's not how this works.
That's him drawing those lines.
But that's why I'm saying. I don't want him to feel like
that. So him asking that question was his way of reaching
out.
I've never considered myself to be a trans activist.
I've always been more of a trans educator.
I've been a person that has always been willing to sit down
and have a conversation with anybody who's willing to ask
those questions.
I don't know what's in people's hearts, but I got a feeling
from the way certain people would react to her and her
candidacy, that the instant they realized
she was trans, that was it.
Her degrees, her history in the corporate world,
her capabilities, her personality, her intellect.
None of that was even part of the equation.
She's a trans woman.
She's not for me.
I do have concerns about her safety, and it's hard
to say that out loud.
We're both aware that there is a risk involved in stepping
forward, but her passion to make a difference
overrides that fear.
I'm proud of her for it, but I'm scared at the same time.
It's hard to ignore the climate.
That's correct.
UTSA and Vance Jackson.
Okay. I appreciate that so much.
Absolutely. It's against the law.
Okay. Thank you so much for letting me know.
I appreciate it.
Bye bye.
This lady that just called said that she's a supporter
of mine. She was at the stoplight at UTSA
and Vance Jackson.
And she caught a woman ripping
our four by six.
Tearing our four by six.
Should I just bring it?
It looks like we can just put it back up and I think
have ties in the car.
Is it going to stretch?
Oh boo boo, that's not middle.
Does it have to go through the other side?
Like maybe. Oh shit.
Or maybe tie it, right. Will it?
But you're going to. We need two of them, Jose.
How are you going to do it?
I was trying to.
I don't think it's going to work.
This is really sad.
Then why do you just fold it up. Just take it.
Endorsements don't vote.
But it means something to the voters within district
eight.
I have to find a way to reach out to the community.
Just be yourself.
This is like the place that you need to be the most yourself.
No shit, right?
I know. I walk in and everybody is like 'gah gah gah' because
I practically know everyone.
In the race for city council district eight, incumbent
Councilman Manny Pelaez sent a message earlier this
morning saying that I think he had some sick children
and was unable to make today's presentation.
That leaves us with one more candidate, Frankie
Gonzales-Wolfe.
Well, hello.
I have to say that joining this race, I can't shy
away from who I am. We as the LGBTQIA
community have been marginalized.
We have been overlooked.
And representation matters.
And that is the reason why I am here today.
When we have more voices working hard for our community,
we're going to be able to accomplish more.
And that is what we are going to do for district eight.
So thank you so much.
What are you heating up?
Did you burn yourself?
Okay. A text is coming in.
Hello. Hey.
Oh, okay.
Oh. I mean, it it is what it is.
What was the overall outcome?
I didn't get it, right?
Okay.
Okay. We'll talk soon.
That's really shitty.
They endorsed all the incumbents except for Viagran.
I don't know. I'm angry right now.
I'm angry that a person that didn't even show up got the
endorsement.
Okay. We have to find ways to be able to now
raise money.
I'm going to talk to Linda Alaniz.
Bexar County Democratic Party.
We need to talk to Gloria Gutierrez.
Gloria Gutierrez.
We need to see how we can convince them to help.
They're really good friends of mine.
I don't know why they haven't shown up to any of our things
or helped at all.
Tersa. I was like, 'Hey, I have a question for you.
Like, y'all haven't really volunteered. '
And she said, 'No, I'm going to be honest with you, girl. '
She said that they're afraid to go out there and
hurt my chances. That they know that they look really
androgynous, you know?
And I was like, 'Girl, but I'm trans just like all of y'all. '
And she said, 'Yeah, girl, but you're like a pretty
professional trans woman. '
Yeah. And I was like, 'Well. '
I just said, 'No, I get it. ' But I would never deny my.
These are my sisters. I love them.
We have to start talking to anybody who is willing to
help. The truth of the matter is we don't have time.
We love to put on different events like this, and we love
having you here.
We're going to go around the room, have the candidates
introduce themselves, get to know them and for them earn your
vote.
There's nothing. Yeah, I think so.
It's up to us to make
a real progress.
Something's wrong somewhere. Where the majority of people can
voice their opinion and they're just not heard.
So, yeah.
What's something that you kind of already anticipate is
something you'd like to change or bring forward.
What do you think about transportation? What solutions?
Oh that.
Mine is about walkability.
What about the people that live here that don't
make it?
We need to help those people. Not other people from
other countries.
No, I appreciate that.
They don't come in the right way like my mother came in.
I'm really strong on this.
No, no, no.
And I really feel sorry.
And believe me the family services.
They need help.
That's correct. And that's why I'm saying.
I don't know if we've can compromise.
Yeah.
I'm bad. I am bad.
Good luck.
No, thank you so much.
Have a great weekend.
Ya merito, Manny. Ya merito.
It's almost over.
And the way you look look
tonight.
Her dress is cute.
Alejandra Gonzalez.
Go ahead girl.
I love how fun and flirty this dress is.
I already love the last name.
So she's a winner in my book.
It represents her state colors.
What a great way to pay an homage.
Give her the crown.
Here we go.
The first contestant in the final five
is.
New Mexico.
Latina pride.
Joining her in the finals is
North Carolina.
Jeff. There's only one white woman in the top
five.
Three black women. Three black women and one Hispanic
woman.
I'm loving this top five.
The 2020 election is right around the corner.
What is one issue you would like all candidates to address
and why?
Being from a border state and being born and raised in a
border city. Immigration is something that is very important
to me.
There's so many people out there wanting the American dream
and my parents immigrated here from Monterrey, Mexico.
And I am their
representation of their American dream.
Thank you, New Mexico.
She has to win.
I don't mean to cry.
She has to win.
Come on!
Give it up again for our top three finalists.
Growing up, I believed that if
I came out as a gay man,
it was going to be easier for my family to accept.
I became a showgirl.
It allowed me an opportunity to be able to feel feminine,
look feminine.
And I really enjoyed the energy
that was coming off of me.
It was my outlet of me being able
to feel more like the real me.
After a year, I started getting a little more comfortable.
My hair was starting to grow out.
I started feeling a little more me.
One night after a show, I
was leaving the club that we were working at.
The next thing I remember was my head was
being smashed against the trunk of the car.
There was three men.
At first I thought they were just going to beat me up.
One of the men got close enough to my
ear to tell me, 'If you want to
dress like a woman, I will treat you like a woman. '
Taking turns, they proceeded to
rape me.
I remember praying. I remember thinking of my family.
And in my head, I was thinking
'This isn't how I'm supposed to leave this world. '
What saved me in the moment was my
friends coming out and protecting
me.
The words that were whispered in my ear
the night of my assault gave a whole new meaning
of how women are seen
and treated in the community.
I no longer felt safe.
I needed help.
I asked my family and started
seeing a therapist.
It took years to rebuild
my life.
Because of that unfortunate
circumstance that happened in my life, I know that
I'm able to fight.
It's going to be on that side.
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe. Nice to meet you.
Running for city council district eight.
Okay.
Nice to meet you.
Miss Peña?
Yes.
Hi, I'm Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe, I'm running for city council
district eight. How are you?
I trained myself to be able to move forward.
I'm using my inner strength
to help me in this campaign.
You might be seeing me again before then.
Come on back.
All right. Nice meeting you!
Nice to meet you.
Thank you so much.
Perfect. I appreciate it.
Uh huh. Bye bye.
I got endorsed by The Victory Fund.
Got it.
I love you.
I just made minor changes to the walk script.
Today we're going to focus on Democrats, but we will be
walking those R's and those independents.
That's the only way that she is going to win.
So it should be good today.
Have at it.
105. Jesus.
Going to be good. It's going to be good.
Okay.
Well that was 3427.
Hi Mr. Blake. Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe running for city council
district eight. How are you?
Any questions?
No. People like you get all their news from CNN
and MSNBC.
Those are such bias.
I do watch all the networks.
You sort of do, but you don't focus.
No, no, no. I will not lie and say I watch it all the time.
I do not.
If you're not listening to what the conservative voice is,
you're informed and you're ignorant.
There was nothing democratic about him.
How was he on the list?
These are not Democrats.
R. R. R.
R. R.
She said she pulled all Dems.
No, these are all Rs.
This just did not go well.
The both doors that you knocked on?
The second one, he just wanted to close the door in my face.
I'm done. Well, it's already happened.
Those conversations that we had.
What conversation?
Actually one man.
He asked me if I was a Democrat or a Republican.
I tried to play that middle ground.
That didn't really frickin work.
Then he called me ignorant.
And so then I was kind of like, 'I'm done. '
There's no way I can knock the rest of these doors.
This is the only list we have.
So let's call it.
Want to just make this a phone banking?
Okay.
Karen, I am calling on behalf of my friend and your neighbor.
Hi, Susan, this is Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe, how are you?
She's an established corporate manager and executive who
represents our community.
Well, then he understands completely and you understand
exactly what we're doing.
Well, good, good. Well, yeah, I think that the reason.
My friend and our neighbor Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe.
No. Thank you. You have a great day.
We're at Frankie For Eight. We're also on Facebook.
That was actually a good call.
Thank you so much.
Bye.
We got a vote.
We got one?
We got one.
All right vieja. Okay.
I am. I am from district eight.
I'm running against the current councilman.
Correct.
Yes. Hello. My name is Robert.
I'm calling to speak with Sergio.
I'm calling on behalf of the Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe.
Holy hell.
That upset me.
What happened?
I asked to speak to Caleb.
They gave him the phone.
I told him that I – my name's Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe,
candidate for city council district eight.
And then he asked me for my name again.
I said Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe.
He said, 'Oh, you're that fucking tranny that's running for
city council. '
Tranny.
And I said, 'It's inappropriate.
That we. I. I'm. Yes, I'm a trans woman and not. '
He goes, 'No, you're a fucking tranny. '
And then he hung up on me.
This dude that call me a tranny. I would have knocked on his
door.
These are a lot of Republican houses.
So does Veronica know that?
No, she don't.
Because she had never dealt with a candidate.
That's transgender.
It's very different from.
It's very different so you get a lot of people who are going
you know be haters.
They might come at you.
She needs to know that.
Hey girly.
Like they were being a little.
Okay, so I have to ask, why
did the team do their own thing?
I have to know that like, or, what were the things that they
asked?
Doors closed. No really, no opening doors.
And it was just. Yeah.
They justed look at you and said, you're an idiot, you're a
tranny.
The dude actually called me a tranny.
I mean, he pissed me off.
I would always tell a candidate, 'It's okay.
It's okay. ' Look, we're going to get through this today.
That was just the one frickin door. '
Like, my job was to do that.
It was different when it was me because they were attacking
me this time and I felt belittled, you
know?
I was called ignorant. Well god, they just called me a tranny
on the phone like it frickin' hurt my heart.
I've never felt like this before, so I'm just,
you know. It's just ugly, it's ugly when it's you.
It's just always better to walk away.
Just walk away.
But as a team, it can't be emotional for us
because if we're choosing to remind people
that her winning is historic because she's transgender,
we can't turn around and get pissy when people want
to throw that as an attack.
Because we can't change the fact that she is transgender and
we can't move every Republican out of district eight.
Julian drove around with his friend.
He said that, like, 80 percent of my songs are gone.
I told you it was going to happen.
Who's doing it? I don't know.
I've come to the realization that I
am still running a campaign
like I would run for any cisgender
candidate.
I'm not.
And I haven't accepted that
about myself.
I'm disappointed in the path that it's taken for
me to realize that.
I don't typically attend events like Lobby Day, but
because I have been so public about running for office,
people are reaching out to me and telling me, 'Hey, did you
know that this existed?'
And there's so many trans
people all over Texas doing great work
and I've never met them.
And I think it's about time that I do.
Tell your senators not to support SB 15.
My name is Reg.
I am a trans person.
Do not support SB 15.
We're talking about limiting anything that
a city can do related to business.
Nondiscrimination ordinances are but one piece
of the preemption puzzle.
Talk to your senators.
I want to work with your campaign.
Okay.
And do whatever.
Perfect.
No, no almost.
Anything you need.
I will get in touch with you.
Okay. Thank you.
Raise your hand if it's
the first time you've ever participated in a trans lobby day.
Transgender people and drag queens can not be hidden without
our cooperation and we refuse to hide.
We are undeniably a part of the
beautiful diversity that you see represented here.
We are Texas.
And let me tell you something, trans youth.
I and your trans elders will fight tooth
and nail for you to make sure
that you get to grow up in Texas.
And you don't have to spend your twenties, thirties,
forties, fifties and sixties lobbying for basic
human rights coverage.
As the trans elders, we are here to basically
set the pace and set the conditions for our
trans youth to be able to grow up and just concentrate
on dreaming big dreams, getting good grades in school,
hanging out with folks that unconditionally love them.
Take an opportunity to get to know your fellow citizens
lobbyists.
You may make some friends along the way.
Thank you.
Let's hear it for the Trans Griot, Monica Roberts.
Say it loud. Say it clear.
Trans people are welcome here.
Say it loud. Say it clear.
Trans people are welcome here.
What do we want?
Full Equality!
When do we want it?
Yesterday!
What do we want?
Full equality!
When do we want it?
Yesterday?
Hey! Ho, ho!
Transphobia has got to go.
Hey! Hey!
Ho, ho!
Transphobia has got to go.
I'm embarrassed right now.
That's what it is.
I'm more embarrassed.
For the past 20 plus years, I've stayed away from
the.
When I left being a showgirl, I left being the showgirl.
Like it was. I was done with it.
And so I never had really gone back and
I've never been an activist.
I've been in politics, but I've never been an activist within
the LGBTQ community, especially on trans issues.
I can't lie about it.
Don't be ashamed of your story.
That's your life.
You can't be judged for your life.
This group knew each other.
They were hugging and they knew each other.
This is their sisterhood.
I felt – me as a trans woman in a group
of trans women – I was a visitor
into their sisterhood.
I learned about my privilege because I saw
just the pain.
I'm going to start crying again.
I just saw these – these
women, you know, these men and women that these
– they're just trying to find a place.
Paulina, who was sitting at the table and just hearing her
being disowned and having to live in
a group home right now because she can't afford
anything and she's theoretically homeless.
It's bothersome. It really is.
It just. It can't.
It can't be like that.
One gave me $10 and said, 'I'm sorry, I don't have a lot. '
I was like, 'I don't even want your $10. '
Leadership isn't always giving a speech.
Leadership is often listening.
And that's all you can do at this point is hear it and
take it in.
It's something you haven't been exposed to before, but take
it in and hear it.
I think you did.
So what you need to remember is the next day you even have a
hint that you don't have it in you to work hard or you even
think about quitting, think about those people that are
counting on you.
And you may not win.
But you better fucking fight as hard as you can.
Think of those people that need your voice.
Today is the first day of early voting.
We are still making phone calls, texting voters
in district eight.
Make sure you go out and vote and support your candidate.
We're going to be here all week long and I
look forward to seeing you at the polls.
San Antonio right now is celebrating Fiesta.
It's supposed to be a time to celebrate and just have fun.
But early voting runs the rest of the week
and we are now going to see what
the residents of district eight decide.
I'm nervous. Hence why I'm cooking and cleaning
a lot.
Frankie. Frankie.
Last name on the ballot.
Thank you for coming out and voting. Taking the time and it's
Fiesta so you know.
What?
Is it Frankie? Yes, that's me.
Oh my god, can I hug you?
Last name on the ballot. You cannot miss me.
Hi there.
Are you Frankie?
I am Frankie.
I was trying to figure out who to vote for.
And then we found out who you are.
Okay. Well, thank you.
So you've got to win this.
Hey. How are you?
This is my daughter, Izzy.
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe. Nice to meet you.
Hi, gorgeous. Frankie.
Nice to meet you.
How are ya'll? Welcome.
Have seats. Have seats.
You don't remember the first time we met, do you?
I don't.
So I've been involved for a lot of years.
Uh huh.
When we were introduced, I didn't realize you were trans
right at first.
I'm in – and I was in the fight of
my life – I mean, in terms of what
we were fighting for.
And you avoided me the rest of the day.
The rest of the night.
I mean, I'm not necessarily being critical.
I just, I just recall.
No, I. What you're telling me.
You're right.
I. I was broken.
Because I'm going to be honest. I just wanted to be a girl.
Just leave me alone. I just want to be a girl.
I didn't realize how important
it was for me to be me.
I didn't. I didn't realize that.
You know, sometimes it's just not time.
I'm glad you were where you were.
Doing what you were doing.
Having been an executive, having been a campaign manager,
all the things that this 21-year-old and nine-year-old
get to see now.
Don't you ever think maybe I should
have been there. Maybe I should have learned sooner.
I do.
That's not true.
Don't ever feel like you should have been there then
because now is the time that the world needs you.
I never thought my girls would live to see.
I never thought I'd live to see my girls could have
a role model like you.
I was overwhelmed with emotion.
I feel now that I need to own this
activist part of me because it has an impact
to the greater public.
I had a dream last night.
I didn't want to tell you. I shouldn't tell you.
That I won.
Yeah.
It was very – it was one of those dreams where you wake up
and you're surprised you woke up because you felt like you
already were.
It was super vivid.
It was really happy. And I just kind of woke up sad because
it wanted to keep dreaming.
Should I do this one?
This one looks really cute too.
Or this one.
This, this and this.
That'd be good, because then I can wear my – the one my
mother gave me.
Don't lose it.
She'd kill me.
This bracelet means a lot to my mother.
It means a lot to me that she let me have it.
I think I'll wear that.
How are you? Good.
Hi mija. You look nice.
Well thank you so much.
In five minutes, we're going to get the early voting
results.
Don't you look gorgeous.
I'm already on my phone like I'm.
Four minutes.
This is reflecting zero.
Uh. Shit.
Oh, my god.
Jesus Christ.
I'm proud of you.
One minute, 20 seconds.
When it hits zero, just hit refresh and then we will see if
they posted.
30 seconds.
Oh, don't get excited.
I'm already here.
They're out. They're out.
What's the damage?
It's okay. It's okay.
What's it look like?
I'm not going
to make it. It's okay.
Yeah, Manny's going to win tonight.
He's at almost 59 percent.
Yeah.
I actually came in third.
So with the early voting numbers, he has 4900,
Tony has 2500, and I barely got a thousand.
It looks like there will be five women on
council.
The most ever.
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to pull this off, but.
Just running is a big deal.
And your visibility, basically, it gives those trans
kids hope.
Because when they see their elders running for office
or doing other things in society,
it gives them hope and expands their horizons
that one day I can do that.
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe here.
I just want to say thank you so much to each to every one
of you who were part of this journey.
The experience alone has been,
to say the least, it's been amazing.
I want to thank all of my supporters.
Thank you to each and every one of you.
My amazing husband.
Thank you for being my rock and the person to help
me.
When I first decided to be crazy.
I went into this campaign very optimistic.
I was hoping that people were just going to accept what
I was bringing to the table.
But I think at the very end of it, most people just
saw the trans woman.
You know, my passion has always been in politics and it's
going to remain there. So I will see you
real soon. Thanks again.
Hi bitch.
Wow.
That's it. That's it.
This election was emotionally
exhausting for me.
But after everything I've gone through –
this hurt and heartache and
fatigue.
I realized that was
worth it for me in the end.
I'm going to be singing. Just kidding.
I found Frankie in the last three
years.
October 28, 1976.
A little boy is born into this world, innocent and
carefree.
Fast forward. At the age of 15, he has his
first kiss with a boy.
Two weeks later, at home, he tells his parents: Mom, Dad, I'm
gay.
His parents, unfazed, says, okay, eat your dinner.
Fast forward. He's now 18.
Goes to the club for the first time with his best friend
Tersa.
Sees a woman who was born male, says
'hi' and she responds, 'Hi, I'm Denise.
I'm trans. '
He thinks, 'Oh my gosh, I'm not
the only one. '
Fast forward. November 1998.
He puts on a dress, makeup, a wig, and fabulous shoes.
Looks in the mirror, then paints the town paint.
Three men approach him, hold him down, whisper in his ear.
You want to dress like a woman?
I'll treat you like a woman.
They beat, rape and leave him naked in a parking lot.
He fought. He survived.
Fast forward. School.
Work. School. Failed relationships.
Work. More work.
He's now 36, depressed, alone, suicidal,
and lost.
Wakes up one morning, tells his sister, 'I'm a woman. '
Sister says 'then live. '
Fast forward. Hello new me.
She's now strong. She's now confident.
She is alive.
She's in love.
Fast forward. Tonight.
She looks out into the audience and says:
I am here. I am her.
I am transvisible.