Trans-identified male mayor in California faces recall vote amid rampant crime, blames transphobic ‘bullies’

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California city councilman who often wears dresses lashes out against 'predictable transphobia' amid recall effort

Two members of a city council in southern California are facing a recall effort, and one of them believes that latent "transphobia" is partially motivating it.Raúl Ureña was first elected to the City Council of Calexico, California — a city of nearly 40,000 residents that sits along the U.S. southern border — in 2020. At the time, he was just 23 years old and dressing in male attire. Two years later, Ureña was re-elected, but rather than continu…