Democrat Danica Roem is the second transgender person to be elected to a US state legislature. A former award-winning journalist, Roem took 54% of the votes to defeat Republican Bob Marshall in Virginia. She will take up office in January. Her campaign had focused largely on infrastructure, especially a road called Route 28. Roem, who is also lead singer of thrash metal band Cab Ride Home, used her victory speech to decry discrimination

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2017 14:03 UTC