BREAKING: Come January, a trans woman will walk into the capitol built by Jefferson to take her seat in the Virginia legislature. Danica Roem will raise her right hand, swear an oath, and, will become the first out trans person to be elected to and serve in a state legislature.
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Not true. Althea Garrison was the first trans person to be elected to a state legislature. She was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1993. She served from 1994 through 1995
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She was not out when she was elected. She was outed by a paper shortly after getting elected.
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You are FAR outnumbered on this. If there is an appropriate time for using all the characters, it's when history has made.
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Hope. I have the first hope in a while. She is a brave woman. She makes me feel so proud of women. I'm feeling giddy tonight. I'll calm down, but your post just made me smile so big. Bigly. 😊
#Hi #ImMrMeseeks #LookAtMe All of you in this conversation are unbelievably cringeworthy. Try crying for no reason privately. #Embarrassing
"Some of her largest campaign donations, according to Virginia Department of Elections filings, were from individuals in New York and Chris Abele, a county executive from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who donated $40,000."
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Another man taking a job from a woman. Dems should be livid.
