Transgendered Woman Jenifer Rene Pool Announces Her City Council Candidacy
By Mandy Oaklander, Fri., Feb. 11 2011 @ 10:14AM

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/02/transgendered_woman_jenifer_re.php

​City council hopeful Jenifer Rene Pool, clad in a black blazer with a hint of a hot pink blouse peeking out from under it, conversed with a supporter upstairs at One's A Meal in Montrose yesterday afternoon. The subject: how much they both love Glee, especially Pool. "I've always thought that life is a musical, so Glee is a prototype for life," she gushed.

Pool comes from a background of construction and public service; she owns a consulting company that advises on construction projects. She serves on the Building and Standards Commission and Police Advisory Commission, both mayoral appointment positions. Nothing surprising for a woman vying for city council, except for one thing. Pool is transgendered. If life's a musical, then no one has yet written one quite like Pool's.