‘Why I want to be a woman’ - by the election candidate fighting for your vote ne

[Shana A]

'Why I want to be a woman' - by the election candidate fighting for your vote next year

Published on Tue Sep 28 14:08:31 BST 2010

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/why_i_want_to_be_a_woman_by_the_election_candidate_fighting_for_your_vote_next_year_1_1348287

ONE of the candidates fighting in next year's elections for Northampton Borough Council is hoping to become the town's first transgender politician and will fight for people's votes only four months after officially becoming a woman.

Duston resident Julia Maddison, aged 45, was born Rob but realised she wanted to be a woman from an early age.