Why Trans Candidate J. Aaron 'Lola' Bailey Isn't Waiting for 'Someone Else' to Fix Her City

Why Trans Candidate J. Aaron 'Lola' Bailey Isn't Waiting for 'Someone Else' to Fix Her City

Mount Pleasant gets forgotten about. That's what J. Aaron "Lola" Bailey says when asked about her city, and she's right. A mid-Michigan city of about 21,000 built around Central Michigan University in Isabella County, Mount Pleasant doesn't often make state or national news. But for Bailey, a trans, bisexual member of the Democratic Socialists of America, that's precisely why she's running for city commission in the August primary. Bailey walks …