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“The lessons I’ve learned are really, really valuable,” Roem tells The Advocate. The Virginia state senator will be one of the people training participants at an LGBTQ+ Victory Institute program for queer candidates.
These trans politicians are breaking barriers around the nation.
Judge John Arrowood of North Carolina, Virginia state Sen. Danica Roem, and Claudia López, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, will be inducted in December.
Winsome Earle-Sears said she meant no offense but that she herself suffered disrespect after she called Roem "sir."
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 Virginia election is set to be a crucial juncture for LGBTQ+ protections and reproductive rights amid intensified conservative challenges.
The election could mean LGBTQ+ firsts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mississippi, along with important progress elsewhere.
Roem, the first out trans person to serve in a state legislature, is vying to be the second out trans state senator.
The group Butler ran supports pro-choice Democratic women, including LGBTQ+ ones, running for public office.
Democrats say, however, the bills have little chance of passing the Senate, which they control.
