In Alabama, where Republicans have entrenched their dominance and legislators have passed some of the nation’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Dakarai Larriett is mounting a campaign he knows will be an uphill climb. At 43, the Birmingham-born entrepreneur and activist could become the first Black out gay man elected to the U.S. Senate. But Larriett insists that isn’t the point.
“This campaign is so about the policies, the policies that improve the lives of people, and not the personalities,” he said in an interview with The Advocate.