Honored to be selected for inclusion in the 2025 Talent 100, an annual list recognizing the most forward-thinking talent leaders redefining how world-class teams are built! #Talent100 #FutureOfWork #TalentLeadership #HiringInnovation

The fire of community work never happens in isolation, though it can often feel that way. We carry it forward in the glow of our ancestors, ignited by the flames of our community legends, and arm-in-arm with powerful illuminators bringing our lights to new paths.

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. My name is Vida Rangel. I serve as the highest ranking trans woman in the history of District government, and I choose to be visible.

Exciting news: I’ve been appointed by National League of Cities President Kevin Kramer (Councilmember of Louisville, KY) to the NLC Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL) Council!

It’s been quite a while since the last time a stranger on the street called me a faggot. Good to know my intimidation strategy of locking eyes and silently staring them down until they walk away is still effective. 🫶🏼 #Bye

As a trans person, and especially as a trans woman of color, showing up openly in public service is both deeply personal and profoundly defiant. It affirms that public service belongs to all of us, and that our communities, our voices, and our leadership cannot be erased.

Do you think trailblazers like Shirley Chisholm, Harvey Milk, or Andrea Jenkins received apologies from the people who said they were unelectable? Spoiler alert… they didn’t.

Always wild when people with no connection to TX (or any other southern state) have opinions about TX politics. Anyway, I just donated again to @jasmineforus.bsky.social because she absolutely has a pathway to victory. If you support black women, you should, too. www.jasmineforus.com

Not to brag, but I get to show up to work everyday to help lead the *ridiculously* talented team at the Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments who recruit passionate District leaders to serve alongside us, whether in staff positions or on District boards and commissions. Not bragging, just facts.

Plenty of updates in the Ward 1 Councilmember race, including new candidates and October campaign finance reports showing that candidates have collectively raised $133k from more than 1,700 contributors.

More tamales!!! 💚🫔❤️

If someone is poorly clothed, hungry, and scared, and you tell them, “Bless you. Be warm and filled. Be safe,” without giving them what they need, what good is that? Thoughts and prayers, without action, is useless. Faith by itself, without works, is dead.

Campaigns for Ward One Councilmember have already started, with three candidates throwing their hats into the ring: Brian Footer on July 10th, Thomas Cortez on July 26th, and Aparna Raj on August 12th.

Thinking ahead to how voter protection efforts in DC will need to adapt for our June primary, with important District-wide offices on the ballot (Mayor, AG, Council Chair), 6 Council seats, Cong. Delegate, Shadow Senator & Rep, and a chance for a new ranked-choice voting system.

Join me for a Ward 1 Town Hall on Recent Federal Actions Impacting D.C. Monday night at 7 pm. We’ll talk about impact on Home Rule, the court filing, and what you can do. Register here: dccouncil-us.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Ready to put in the WORK alongside these incredible Ward 1 neighbors! @ward1democrats.org

4 years on hormones! #TransJoy

#Pride continues with my 41st pride event this season: Pride Charla with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation! Honored to be speak alongside these incredible community leaders and talk about being transLatina affects my experience as a public servant.

Pride is a protest, and it isn’t over! March on, and never stop fighting to make the world a better place for ALL of us! #WorldPride2025 #DistrictOfPride #PrideLivesHere #GayestCity #OurTransCapital

✅ #DistrictOfPride 🏳️‍🌈 ✅ #OurTransCapital 🏳️‍⚧️ ✅ #GayestCity in the World 🏳️‍🌈 ✅ #PrideLivesHere 🏳️‍⚧️

Supervisory Dietician Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) $86,533 - $121,147 Provider of clinical nutrition support services required by patients, each having numerous specialties and specialized medical and psychiatric programs. Closes July 29, 2025

Roving Leaders (Driver) Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) $34,320 - $65,457 Seasonal - Summer 2025 Operates the Fun Wagon, Skate Mobile, Movie Night Out, and Rock Wall vehicles, transports the seasonal staff and equipment to the assigned communities.

Social Worker Child and Family Services Agency $72,085 - $90,004 Responsible for providing the full range of direct, professional social work services to children & families who come to the attention of the CFSA due to concerns of abuse and neglect. Closes May 16, 2025

I love music not just for the joy of listening, but also the stories and history it represents. Victor Victoria (1982) with Dame Julie Andrews leading a discussion of gender and sexuality.

Electrician DC National Guard $69,368 - $95,076 Installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical wiring systems, fixtures, controls and equipment. Closes May 3, 2025 Full posting at careers.dc.gov with Job ID 29732

Trans. Autistic. Latina. Many are trying to erase us, and many more are silently complicit. The risk of being taken is growing. There are millions who are more at risk than I am, and people are *already* being taken. If that happens to me or to someone else you know, will you wish you’d done more?

Trial Attorney Office of the Attorney General $128,824 - $167,497 Investigates & litigates civil claims for violation of District antifraud and workers’ rights statutes (including wage theft, worker misclassification, & unlawful denial of sick leave) Closes April 28, 2025

Operations Specialist Office of the State Superintendent for Education $54,183 - $69,770 Located in the Division of Student Transportation (DOT). Provides support services to terminal managers, manages HR & operations projects, and oversees training coordinators. Closes April 28, 2025

Singing Latin choral music I still have memorized from high school at the top of my lungs with the windows open is SO cathartic!! Oh… just me?

Library Associate District of Columbia Public Library $56,503 - $72,721 DCPL is seeking multiple Full-Time Library Associates who have experience working with youth (ages 0-12). Closes June 6, 2025 Full posting at careers.dc.gov with Job ID 29294

I want to start highlighting a different DC job posting every day. Please share! Harm Reduction Coordinator Dept of Behavioral Health $62,158 - $80,032 Closes April 23, 2025 Full posting at careers.dc.gov with Job ID 29680

Best part of this trip is new albums for the collection! Grace Jones, Dionne Warwick, Gloria Gaynor, Salt-N-Pepa

Not the bore worms…

Our inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility photo! 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️🤍❤️ 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfVisibility #tdov #tdov2025 #TransCapital #prideliveshere

I am PROUD to be visible for my trans and nonbinary communities! #TransDayOfTransVisibility #tdov #tdov2025 #TransCapital #prideliveshere

Today I met the longest serving trans person in District government, and together we presented a District flag flown over the Wilson Building in honor of trans and nonbinary Washingtonians to our newest trans public servant. #TransCapital #TransJoy #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Join me this Monday at DuPont Circle for Trans Day of Visibility!

“only a person without imagination could think that Superman is “really” Clark Kent. Only a person without imagination could think that a butterfly is “really” a caterpillar. Or that a trans woman is “really” a man.”

Enjoy peace wherever you find it

Not only did they dehumanize, torture, & murder Sam Nordquist, they forced CHILDREN torture of this innocent man. I am not fucking okay. We are not okay. Everyone needs to know Sam’s name & story, and every breathing person needs to condemn the animals who did this. #TransLivesMatter #SamNordquist

Forcing a child’s teacher to betray their trust by outing them is not going to change the fact that they know to not trust you. #TrustTransKids #ProtectTransKids

The Texas bill criminalizing the kind of medical care I am currently receiving will continue popping up all over the country, so let me clear. The only way I will give up my healthcare is over my dead body. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

The purge of trans people continues. As of yesterday, the State Department is ordering officials to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications. Link to reporting from The Guardian in the comments.

The purge of trans history continues. www.nps.gov/places/dupon...

We are here in the memory of those who have fallen.

Refilling my hormone prescription while I still can.

News story from New York state in the comments about extreme violence against a trans person. If you aren’t trans, please read this story. Read this story (and all the other news stories about us from the last month) and imagine it was your community.

DC tattoo artist recommendations? I need to get the Frida tattoo I’ve been planning 🌺 🌷 🌼 🌹 🌸

Jurassic Park: The timeless story of dinosaurs defying poorly educated capitalists by transitioning, destroying their cages, eating their oppressors, and building their own society.

I’m not a boy