Jaelynn Scott is a Black trans woman who leads the Lavender Rights Project, a Black trans advocacy organization in Seattle, where she has been executive director since 2020. Raised in Jackson, Mississippi, she is an ordained Buddhist minister who moved to Seattle in 2017. In 2026 she ran for the Washington State House in the 37th District and won more than 88% of the primary vote, on track to be the state's first openly trans legislator.