EBAR.com – by Matthew S. Bajko
Mayoral candidate Michael Powers used last week’s candidate forum to reveal for the first time publicly he is transgender. The disclosure is believed to be the first time a transgender person has run for mayor in San Francisco.
Powers decided to disclose his being transgender in the candidate statement he provided to the League of Women Voters, which organized the October 11 face-off between the candidates. According to the statement, Powers, 42, is married in a “conventional relationship” but identifies as transgender.
In an exclusive interview with the Bay Area Reporter this week, Powers disclosed that he is, in fact, in the process of divorcing his wife, whom he married this past spring, and plans to resume taking hormones and living life primarily as Michelle.