2017 has turned out to be another “Transgender Tipping Point,” when six openly trans candidates won in a number of city and state elections. Danica Roem won a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates after defeating Bob Marshall, a man dubbed Virginia’s “chief homophobe”. Andrea Jenkins and Philippe Cunningham were elected to the Minneapolis City Council, Lisa Middleton to the Palm Springs, California City Council, Tyler Titus to the Erie, Pennsylvania School Board and Stephe Koontz, to a city council seat in Doraville, Georgia. See links below:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/08/election-moment-transgender-community/843385001/
https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/11/08/these-transgender-women-made-election-night-history
http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/meet_trans_business_owner_running_for_doraville_city_council?gid=18526