WASHINGTON—Virginia’s most socially conservative state lawmaker was ousted from office Tuesday by Danica Roem, a Democrat who will be one of the nation’s first openly transgender elected officials and who embodies much of what Del. “I’m committed to continue the fight for you, but in a different role going forward.”Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, unseated Republican Del. The race took an ugly turn when Marshall and his supporters produced ads disparaging Roem’s transgender identity. Advocates say she will be the first openly transgender person seated in a U.S. state legislature; a transgender candidate was elected in New Hampshire in 2012 but did not take office, and a transgender person served in the Massachusetts legislature in the early 1990s but was not openly transgender while campaigning. He should be more mainstream.”Roem, centre, will be the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature in the United States.

Source: thestar November 08, 2017 21:36 UTC