N.C. Democrats choose first transgender in diverse DNC delegation
By Carmen Cusido
Posted: Sunday, Jun. 17, 2012

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/17/3323232/nc-democrats-choose-first-transgender.html

RALEIGH N.C. Democrats on Saturday selected the remainder of the party's 158-member delegation to September's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. And they did it with an emphasis on diversity.

Among those picked Saturday: Janice Covington of Charlotte, the first openly transgender person to serve as a Democratic delegate from the state."It's important to my community – to the whole LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community" – to be a part of the convention, Covington, 64, said. "We've always been left off the bus. Transgenders have always been the redheaded stepchildren."