Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: She Won!

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

She Won!

Danica Roem won her bid for state Senate!

Danica Roem becomes Virginia’s first openly transgender state senator
The Hill
BY BROOKE MIGDON
November 7, 2023

Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealth’s first openly transgender state senator and the first out transgender person elected to a state Senate anywhere in the South.

Roem, 39, defeated former Fairfax County police detective Bill Woolf, a conservative Republican endorsed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who vowed to bar transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams if elected.

“You attack trans kids in my district at your own political peril,” Roem told The Hill in a recent interview.

Wow! She is the first trans person to have a seat in the Virginia state Senate!

Her election shows that we can run for and get elected to office.
Her election shows that the Republican "Hate Machine" is not supported by the voters.
Her election means that the Republicans has to work with a trans person on committees.

Updated 5:00AM

The first news articles about her are comping in...

Danica Roem Makes History Again and Is Elected Virginia's First Transgender State Senator
Danica Roem was the first transgender person seated in any state legislature. During her campaign for state Senate, she faced transphobia but emerged victorious on Election Day.
The Advocate
By Trudy Ring
November 8, 2023

Danica Roem has been elected Virginia’s first out transgender state senator.

Tuesday night, Roem was leading Republican Bill Woolf by about 52 percent to 48 percent with all but a few ballots counted, giving her a victory in Senate District 30, numerous media outlets report.

Roem, a Democrat, is in her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing a district that includes the northern Virginia cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, plus western Prince William County. She was the first out trans person seated in any state legislature.

She decided to run for Senate in the newly created District 30 after redistricting split her house district three ways. She will be the nation’s second out trans state senator — Sarah McBride in Delaware was the first — as well as the first in Virginia or in any southern state.

Who says trans people can’t run for office and win?

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You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
You've got to be taught
To hate
And fear
You've got to be taught
From year
To year
Its got to
Be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to
Be carefully
Taught
You've got to be taught
To be
Afraid
Of people
Who's eyes are oddly made
And people who's skin is a different shade

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Songwriters: Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rogers

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

She Won!

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