Jaelynn Scott
DEMOCRATIC · WA
Jaelynn Scott is the executive director of the Lavender Rights Project, a Black trans feminist advocacy organization, and an ordained minister with a Master of Divinity from Naropa University. A Seattle-based community organizer, she has worked in crisis response, nonprofit leadership, public policy, and equity consulting, including operational leadership at the arts education nonprofit Arts Corps. She helped lead coalition work that redirected 16 million dollars in public funds from jail expansion into permanent supportive housing for queer and trans communities of color. Her advocacy centers on housing, behavioral health, community-based public safety, and civil rights.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative Pos. 2
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative Pos. 2 · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 22, 2026
- Raised
- $120,791
- Spent
- $60,052
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- UNKNOWN$38,550
- RETIRED$21,252
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$6,535
- SOFTWARE ENGINEER$5,884
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- DIRECTOR$4,450
Direct contributions by size
- 1000 4999$52,218
- 250 999$53,445
- 100 249$13,437
- Under 100$1,692
Source: Washington PDC · 2026 cycle · my.pdc.wa.gov
Track record
Housing Affordability
· 2 records
Helped negotiate a summer 2020 agreement between the City of Seattle and King County under which Seattle left part of its reserved jail capacity unused and the county put roughly 16 million dollars toward housing instead, as part of the Lavender Rights Project's decriminalization work.
April 23, 2026For
Source: theurbanist.org · researched July 23, 2026
Opened Sharyn Grayson House on Capitol Hill in the fall of 2025 as executive director of the Lavender Rights Project, after King County selected the organization to operate the Health Through Housing building that provides permanent supportive housing and culturally specific services to LGBTQ residents and people of color.
April 23, 2026For
Source: theurbanist.org · researched July 23, 2026
Civil Rights
· 1 record
Led the Lavender Rights Project as its executive director, growing a small LGBTQ legal-aid organization into a Black trans feminist advocacy and movement-building group in Seattle, as detailed in a Converge interview published May 17, 2024.
May 17, 2024For
Source: whereweconverge.com · researched July 23, 2026
General
· 4 records
Worked as an ordained Buddhist minister in Unitarian Universalist congregations after earning a Master of Divinity at Naropa University, starting as Director of Lifelong Learning at Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church in the summer of 2016, per the congregation's history page verified live on July 23, 2026.
July 23, 2026
Source: wuuc.org · researched July 23, 2026
Held the board treasurer seat on the board of directors of The Transgender District in San Francisco, as listed on the organization's board page verified live on July 23, 2026.
July 23, 2026
Source: transgenderdistrictsf.com · researched July 23, 2026
Served as a co-lead of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's transition team for the policy area titled Standing Up for Our Values.
April 23, 2026
Source: theurbanist.org · researched July 23, 2026
Was honored by Seattle Reign FC as a Seattle Reign FC Legend on October 2, 2025 for her community work as executive director of the Lavender Rights Project.
October 2, 2025
Source: reignfc.com · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- State Representative Pos. 2 · August 4, 2026 · Legislative (House) District 37; Washington
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.