Historical event today: Danica Roem first openly transgender person elected
Today's election in Virginia is truly historical. The ripple effects of her election will be significant, long lasting and positive. Election is acceptance. "Virginia’s Danica Roem to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse" - The election "... pitted a 33-year-old former journalist who began her physical gender transition four years ago against a 13-term incumbent who called himself Virginia’s “chief homophobe” and earlier this year introduced a “bathroom bill” that died in committee."
"The race took an ugly turn when Marshall and his supporters produced ads disparaging Roem’s transgender identity. But in the end, that tactic failed."
It will be interesting to see if this accomplishment will find its way into some of our BC story lines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/danic...