Transgender politics

[Shana A]

September 15, 2010
Transgender politics
Posted: 06:30 AM ET

By Bob Ruff and Carol Costello, CNN

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/15/transgender-politics/

(CNN) – Changing American social attitudes have meant that many Americans are no longer surprised when a gay or transgendered candidate runs for public office in liberal cities like San Francisco or Boston.

But what about the bible belt?

We weren't sure, so we flew to the politically red state of Oklahoma to check out the state house race between the transgender Democratic candidate, Brittany Novotny, and the socially conservative Republican incumbent, Sally Kern.

[Fencesitter]

Awesome news!

"You know being a person who is the first transgender woman to run for office in Oklahoma, I can tell you that I've gotten literally zero hates. Zero hate emails. Zero hate phone calls. Nobody at the door has slammed the door at my face and called me weird. In fact people have embraced me with open arms."