And in Minneapolis not just one but two transgender candidates won spots on the city council.* Like Roem, they didn't focus on their gender but on actual issues that average people care about. It wasn't that long ago that Harvey Milk winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (our version of a city council) was considered remarkable. Now being gay or lesbian is a nothingburger for candidates in much of the country. It's great to see trans people finally reaching that same point.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic...o-city-council

*I had no idea that Minneapolis was such an open-minded place. Maybe by the time SO and I are ready to retire the weather there will be tolerable enough that we could stand living there more than 4 months out of the year...