Transgender green activist makes Irish election history

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Transgender green activist makes Irish election history

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/06/transgender-green-activist-ellen-murray-election-northern-ireland

The Guardian/Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent Sunday 6 March 2016 05.31 EST

"A young green activist born in the heart of republican west Belfast is to make history as the first transgender person to stand in an election anywhere on the island of Ireland.

Ellen Murray, who made the transformation from male to female, will represent the Green party in one of the most contentious constituencies in Britain or Ireland.

The 22-year-old is standing in West Belfast – her home constituency – an area dominated by Sinn Féin and once represented by the party's leader, Gerry Adams. "