Transgender woman to challenge anti-gay Okla. lawmaker

[Shana A]

Transgender woman to challenge anti-gay Okla. lawmaker
by Renee Baker
EDGE Contributor
Monday Sep 14, 2009

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96301

American author and political activist Susan Sontag once used cancer as a metaphor for the unknown. She said when politicians want us to fear something, they compare it to a disease such as cancer. We will then want to "cut it out" and get rid of it. Representative Sally Kern [R-Oklahoma City] knows this trick well.

Oklahoma City voters have elected Kern to represent House District 84 three times. She ran once unopposed, but a transgender woman has emerged to challenge Kern.

[BrandiOK]

I know Brittany personally, she's my lawyer , and she is one woman who really cares not only about GLBT rights but also about this state and it's future.  Taking on Sally Kern in this ultra-conservative environment is a pretty big task but if anyone can do it with intelligence, class and integrity it is Brittany.