Va. Gov.'s Trans Relative Speaks Out
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Advocate.com Editors
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/Virginia_Governors_Transgender_Relative_Speaks_Out/Friday's Washington Post includes a profile of Robyn Deane, the transgender former brother-in-law of Virginia governor Bob McConnell.
Deane says she decided to discuss her relationship with McDonnell because she feels that his reaction to her may be responsible for his antigay positions—including opposition to marriage equality and workplace protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Deane, who divorced a younger sister of McDonnell's wife in 1999, first went public about her relationship with the governor at a statehouse rally in April.
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's former in-law speaks out for gay rights
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071506262.htmlBy Anita Kumar
Friday, July 16, 2010
RICHMOND -- Robyn Deane, dressed in a red raincoat, jeans and heels, glanced at her handwritten notes before peering at the crowd gathered outside Virginia's Capitol to promote the rights of gay and transgender state workers.
For years, Deane, a man who is in the process of becoming of woman, had considered revealing her lengthy but largely unknown connection to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R). She had told no one that this would finally be the moment she went public.
