Today there is bad news to report; the first news is from New Hampshire that involves their first transgender legislator. The Union Leader newspaper reported,
NH's first transgender lawmaker arrested for hospital bomb threatI just worry that the opposition will use this against us. Her being bipolar has nothing to do with her being trans.
By Kimberly Houghton
Union Leader Correspondent
March 12, 2015
NASHUA -- Stacie Laughton, the state's first openly transgender legislator, was arrested Thursday by Nashua police after saying she is the person responsible for calling in a hoax bomb threat at a local hospital.
Laughton, who was elected to the House of Representatives and then withdrew her candidacy days later, turned herself in on Thursay [sic]on a warrant for the Feb. 27 incident after spending two weeks receiving treatment at a Vermont hospital for bipolar disorder.
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She fully admitted her involvement to police, who opted not to formally charge her until her stay at the Brattleboro Retreat, a mental health and addiction treatment facility in Vermont, was complete. Laughton maintains that she was not under the influence of anything at the time of the incident, says she is cooperating with police and is grateful that they allowed her to seek medical assistance before her arrest.
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