Three transgender candidates running for the Vermont House of Representatives this cycle
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metroweekly.comWCAX.“It’s important when we, as transgender people, get to hold a position that people look up to and that kids can look up to,” Quinn added.“I recognize that if it happens, yeah, that would be great, but it’s not about me,” Dufour said of the possibility of becoming the state’s first trans lawmaker.Currently, there are only 26 transgender officials serving in any position in the United States, and only four serving in state legislatures, the most experienced being Virginia Del.
Danica Roem, who won her seat in 2017.“I am very proud of the fact that we have three transgender woman running for the Vermont Legislature this year,” Hallquist told WCAX in when asked to comment on Small, Ember and Dufour’s candidacies.
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