Since leaving news media, Browde has continued to practice law and has been active in local politics as a member of the Democratic Party.
Her candidacy for town supervisor made her the first transgender person to run for office on a major party ticket in New York.
[20] In a six-hour telephone exchange with the police, Davis negotiated that news reporters be present at the scene so he would not be shot.
[17] Executives at NBC decided not to renew Browde's contract because they felt she could not handle the stresses of working as a journalist while attending law school.
"[28] Browde was a member of the national board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) from 1983 to 2012 (when the union was merged with the Screen Actors Guild).
[31] In 2010, TheWrap and The Hollywood Reporter reported that several Screen Actors Guild (SAG) members had accused Browde of running a union news website, SAGWatch, and abusing her access to SAG's confidential information as an AFTRA trustee.
[32] A two-month investigation by AFTRA led the union to conclude that there was "no evidence suggesting any infractions took place".
[37][38] The New York Post's gossip section, Page Six, ran a print article on Browde's announcement with the headline "Journo Says He's a She".
Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a landmark case for the rights of transgender people.
[43] Browde became active in politics after she left the news industry in 2013 with the desire to "break free from the restraint of public neutrality.
"[44][45] She served as secretary of the ethics board of New Castle, New York, from 2014 until she resigned in 2017 to run for town supervisor.
[1][2][48] Browde and the other Democratic Party candidates for New Castle Town Board were members of Up2Us, a group which rose from the Chappaqua Friends of Hillary (a group supporting presidential candidate and Chappaqua resident Hillary Clinton).
[2] Hillary Clinton herself endorsed the Democratic Party town board candidates, including Browde.
[57] Early that year, Browde began to publish weekly videos on TikTok highlighting people who have been arrested on charges of child sexual abuse that week in an effort to prove that drag queens are not threats to children (a notion associated with the ongoing drag panic).
[58][59] Her inspiration for the video series came from a speech by the outgoing president of the caucus, during which he read a list of people arrested or charged for child sexual abuse in the past week.
[59][60] By March 2023, Browde's first video on the subject had been viewed 1.4 million times, and her TikTok account had amassed more than 300,000 followers.
[10][11] The couple was living on the east side of Broadway in New York City when the nearby World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001.