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Title: Democratic challenger would be Va.’s first openly transgender lawmaker
Post by: SophieD on June 14, 2017, 09:01:15 AM
Democratic challenger to Marshall would be Va.'s first openly transgender lawmaker

Washington Post; By Fenit Nirappil June 13 at 11:38 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democratic-challenger-to-marshall-would-be-vas-first-openly-transgender-lawmaker/2017/06/13/2cae81e4-4f95-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-local%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.1cf32467d645

A Democrat who would be Virginia's first openly transgender lawmaker won the primary contest to challenge Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William), a social conservative who proposed a "bathroom bill" and authored the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.