Transgender activist making run for 2nd Congressional District seat

http://www.centralmaine.com/2018/01/05/transgender-activist-making-run-for-2nd-district-seat/

Danielle VanHelsing hopes to become the first transgender member of Congress.

The 35-year-old group home worker from Sangerville said it would benefit the entire country if voters tapped a transgender politician for a position as highly visible as a U.S. House seat.

“Change doesn’t happen sitting in the dark,” VanHelsing said. “Seeing we can be true to ourselves and still achieve” would give hope to transgender Americans who too often wind up cast out or even murdered, she said.

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“This world is broken and I will fix it.”

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