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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.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Was she the one that was in a metal band too? I swear I'm remembering that name.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Yep!

Roem was a vocalist in the thrash metal band Cab Ride Home

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

and she's also basically a road and public transportation nerd (which is how she originally got elected) :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Ah I thought that was her! Saw her on a podcast interview some time ago and was remembering the story of how she ran for the state house originally because of an issue with a road that was getting ignored.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Awesome! Honestly that's more important to me than her being trans. I just assumed she'd be another lawyer. But having real jobs represented is great!