Sentences with phrase «transgender woman elected»

Elsewhere, Andrea Jenkins became the first African - American transgender woman elected to office, winning a seat on the Minneapolis City Council, as did trans man Phillipe Cunningham.

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Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

In Erie, Pennsylvania, voters chose Tyler Titus, a transgender man, for the School Board, a post won by trans woman Gerri Cannon in Somersworth, New Hampshire, while Raven Matherne, a transgender woman, was elected to the Stamford, Connecticut Board of Representatives, Stephe Koontz, a trans woman, was elected to Doraville, Georgia's City Council and Lisa Middleton, also transgender, was elected to the Palm Springs City Council in California.