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Title: Hawaii elects highest-ranking openly transgender official in nation
Post by: LostInTime on November 09, 2006, 10:15:11 AM
article (http://www.newyorkblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=10005)

A Hawaii woman won a seat on the state Board of Education and, according to national advocacy groups, a place in history as the nation's highest-ranking transgender elected official.

Kim Coco Iwamoto, a 38-year-old attorney, did not tout her gender status in the campaign but has advocated for transgender youth and related issues.