Jess Herbst, the mayor of New Hope, Texas, came out as transgender in advance of a public town meeting on Tuesday night. Herbst was appointed mayor of the town last year after serving as alderman, road commissioner, and mayor pro-tem, after New Hope’s mayor suffered a heart attack days before the election.
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Herbst points out she wasn’t elected mayor, she was an alderman who was appointed mayor of New Hope, a town east of McKinney, when the previous mayor died. In an open letter on the town’s website, she says, “It is gender identity not sexual preference that applies to me.