national/world - Downingtown may be the first Pennsylvania community to elect an openly transgender mayor

Katie Bernard

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Downingtown, PA

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California - Which trailblazer: Will Californians here elect a GOP Latina or a transgender Democrat?

Deborah Brennan

calmatters.org

Bell Gardens, CA

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Georgia (state) - Georgia, Tennessee elect first known LGBTQ members to state legislatures

Jordan Williams

The Hill

Stone Mountain, GA

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Kansas - Kansas could elect its first openly transgender lawmaker this fall

Katie Shepard
The Washington Post

Wichita, KS

  

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lead story - Vermont could elect first transgender legislator

Christina Guessferd
WCAX

Winooski, VT

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Wyoming - McDaniel: Voters elect the darndest legislators

Rodger McDaniel
Laramie Boomerang

Cheyenne, WY

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civil rights - Human Rights Campaign Announces “Artists For Equality” Auction to Help Elect Pro-LGBTQ Candidates

Nick Morrow
HRC

Flag, Jasper Johns

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Japan becomes first country in the world to elect a transgender man to a public office (UK)

Chloe Farand
Independent

scene in Iruma, Japan

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Democrats elect new state party chair, pass trans-inclusive language

Matt Comer

qnotes

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