Local: Michelle Bruce
http://www.southernvoice.com/today/index.cfm?blog_id=2180110/18/2008
Tired of seeing her Riverdale, Ga., neighborhood deteriorate, Michelle
Bruce was inspired to run for public office with a platform of
initiatives such as creating neighborhood watch programs and a police
bicycle patrol.
In November 2003, she was elected to a four-year term on the Riverdale
City Council. She took office in January 2004, becoming the first
openly transgendered elected official in Georgia and perhaps the
Southeast, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
"All my life I've had to listen to, 'You're gay, you're a ->-bleeped-<-, you're
a man in a damned dress' or some other snide remark," Bruce said at
the time.
