Oklahoma's first openly transgender candidate runs for state office

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Oklahoma's first openly transgender candidate runs for state office
08 June, 2010


http://www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/11158929


Oklahoma City, OK — Oklahoma City attorney Brittany Novotny has become the first known openly transgender candidate to run for office in Oklahoma.

The Tulsa World reports Novotny, a Democrat, filed on Tuesday to run against Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City) for her Oklahoma House seat.

A staunch Christian, Kern made national headlines in 2008 when she said in a speech to about 50 Republicans that "not everybody's lifestyle is equal, just like not all religions are equal" and that she believes gays are an even bigger threat than "terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat."