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2023-06-24 08:02:10 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Stacie-Marie Laughton was the first openly transgender person elected in the US - to the NH State House in 2012 - but was not the first trans US politician. Althea Garrison was outed as trans by the Boston Herald after being elected to the Massachusetts State House in 1992. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Garrison

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• Stacie-Marie Laughton was the first openly transgender person elected in the US - to the NH State House in 2012 - but was not the first trans US politician. Althea Garrison was outed as trans by the Boston Herald after being elected to the Massachusetts State House in 1992. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Garrison