Trans candidate, among others, ousted in Italian election
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/04/16/34/16/2008
"Excerpt: The extreme left was the biggest loser in the election. The
Rainbow Left -- a grouping of Communists, Greens and other radicals --
failed to make the threshold. Gone are their key representatives,
including transgender Vladimir Luxuria and outgoing Environment
Minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio. Longtime leader Fausto Bertinotti
has stepped down in shame at the poor showing."
