Openly Transgender facts
While investigating facts about Openly Transgender Celebrities and Openly Transgender Actors, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2008, a conservative town in Oregon elected the 1st openly transgendered, cross-dressing mayor in the US. When the Westboro Baptist Church came to protest, many of the male residents of the town wore dresses as an act of solidarity with their mayor.
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Caitlyn Jenner is now known as the world's most famous openly transgender woman.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 11 of the best facts about Openly Transgender Athlete and First Openly Transgender Politician I managed to collect.
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In 1992, Althea Garrison (R) was the first transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, but did not campaign as an openly transgender person during her race.
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Lou Sullivan, an early transgender pioneer who was denied treatment for being openly gay. Before he died of HIV his finals words were "[....] their program told me I could not live as a Gay man, it looks like I'm going to die like one."
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The Episcopalian Church consecrated an openly gay bishop in 2003. Discrimination against transgender persons in the Episcopalian ordination process is prohibited.
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Kristin Beck was a US Navy SEAL who served for 20 years and was a member of SEAL Team Six taking part in 13 deployments while earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. She was the first openly transgender former U.S Navy SEAL.
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Kristin Beck was a US Navy SEAL who served for 20 years and was a member of SEAL Team Six taking part in 13 deployments while earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. She was the first openly transgender former U.S Navy SEAL.
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After Stu Rasmussen, the US's first openly transgender mayor in Silverton, OR, was elected in Nov. 2008, protestors from Kansas showed up which incited a counter-protest by hundreds of town residents dressed in drag as a show of solidarity. (Story Starts at 27:00 mark)
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Transgender people would be immediately discharged or otherwise separated from the military if they came out as trans. That ban has been lifted, and now they can serve openly and access the medical resources they need while deployed.
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From the age of six, Danish children participate in a national curriculum sex week to learn how babies are made and by the age of 13, they’ve covered everything from masturbation to transgender rights in frank and open discussions.
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The Wachowski Brothers are now both openly transgender women and go by The Wachowskis, Lana and Lilly.
