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"Rainbow Wave": An Out Trans Man Was Just Elected to the New Hampshire State Legislature for the First Time Ever
VICE ^ | 11/09/2022 | Anya Zoledziowski

Posted on 11/09/2022 9:20:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind


JAMES ROESENER (LGBTQ VICTORY FUND)

James Roesener has become the first out trans man ever to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which funds and promotes openly LGBTQ candidates.

Roesener, a 26-year-old Democrat, won New Hampshire’s 22nd State House District, Ward 8. According to his bio, he lives in Concord, New Hampshire, with his wife and cat.

“Tonight is a resounding win for New Hampshire and for trans people across the country, with James shattering a lavender ceiling and proving that America is ready for trans men leaders in our state legislatures,” said Mayor Annise Parker, president and CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund, in a statement.

Roesener is part of what LGBTQ Victory Fund calls a “rainbow wave” of LGBTQ candidates in the U.S. who ran for office amid aggressive anti-LGBTQ—and specifically anti-trans—campaigns. Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars on ads targeting trans people in at least 25 states, and trans rights were on the ballot as anti-trans rhetoric escalates and conservative candidates continue to introduce anti-trans policies, including restrictive bathroom rules and bans on gender-affirming care for minors.

According to LGBTQ Victory Fund, a record number of LGBTQ candidates have won seats this year: So far at least 340 out LGBTQ candidates have won in the midterms—breaking the 2020 record of 336. More victories are expected in the coming days, the group reported.

In another historic victory, Massachusetts Democrat Maura Healey, 51, has become the first out lesbian in U.S. history to be elected governor. Healey, who beat out Trump-endorsed Republican Geoff Diehl, will also be the state’s first woman governor. She was previously the state’s first lesbian attorney general, and has a track record of championing trans rights.

“With her in the statehouse, LGBTQ+ youth across Massachusetts and the United States will get to see that they are represented at the highest levels of government, and that they can achieve anything they set their minds on,” said Human Rights Campaign Interim President Joni Madison.

Elsewhere, Eric Sorensen is the first ever LGBTQ candidate elected to Congress from Illinois, and Montana got its first elected trans woman state legislator, Zooey Zephyr. In Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was re-elected, and remains the state’s only LGBTQ representative in Congress.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: legislature; newhampshire; transdender
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1 posted on 11/09/2022 9:20:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

How wonderful. 🤢


2 posted on 11/09/2022 9:22:20 PM PST by toddausauras ( Free Speech or death)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, a mentally-imbalanced, homosexual woman won? Hardly a first.


3 posted on 11/09/2022 9:24:39 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Can the voters change their mind?

He did!

4 posted on 11/09/2022 9:24:48 PM PST by G Larry ( When Leftists say "Population Control" it means Killing Billions, not "limiting growth".)
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To: SeekAndFind

New Hampshire can be proud. Or not.


5 posted on 11/09/2022 9:26:09 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: KittyKares

Or not.

It’s one district, not the whole state.


6 posted on 11/09/2022 9:32:28 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: toddausauras

No matter what you may think of this tranny you gotta admit that those 2 thumbtacks stuck in the top of this broads nose gotta be painful and she’d have to be a real hard ass to let anyone drill holes there.


7 posted on 11/09/2022 9:33:37 PM PST by Clarancebeaks
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To: SeekAndFind

I assume by the gratuitous use of “he” this creature is a woman. She will NEVER be a man.


8 posted on 11/09/2022 9:34:07 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: SeekAndFind

New Hampshire SPIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


9 posted on 11/09/2022 9:34:11 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: SeekAndFind

New Hampshire SPIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 11/09/2022 9:34:47 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: SeekAndFind

Gross gross gross 🤮


11 posted on 11/09/2022 9:35:25 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: KittyKares

RE: New Hampshire can be proud. Or not.

They took their motto of “Live Free or Die” Too far.


12 posted on 11/09/2022 9:38:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

400 members. That is the fourth largest legislative body in the English-speaking world, and they are paid next to nothing.


13 posted on 11/09/2022 9:38:22 PM PST by x
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To: IYAS9YAS

Hence why stroke impaired Fetterman was elected.
Why dementia-ridden BidenIdiot was elected.

It’s growing increasing apparent America loves her leaders either demented and geriatric or completely cognitively incapacitated and incapable of carrying out their duties...

Put a fork in it. This country is easily on a glidepath to self destruction.


14 posted on 11/09/2022 9:44:38 PM PST by cranked
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To: Clarancebeaks

True! 😆


15 posted on 11/09/2022 9:51:48 PM PST by toddausauras ( Free Speech or death)
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To: SeekAndFind
Elsewhere, Eric Sorensen is the first ever LGBTQ candidate elected to Congress from Illinois.

He is L,G,B,T and Q? When does he have the time to get any work done?

16 posted on 11/09/2022 10:07:55 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Clarancebeaks

The eyes are really off, like NO one is home.


17 posted on 11/09/2022 10:11:17 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Clarancebeaks
I do agree.

Here's a separate question - why do the trans always look so hideous?

18 posted on 11/09/2022 10:33:46 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil
I know that the people are laughing, twittering, and are elated about it. But the facts of life are: No Nation whose people elect freaks of nature such as this will survive long. AS the Holy Bible reads," Professing to be wise, They became fools". The elevator called The united States of America is in free fall and nearing the bottom today.

What the elections of 2020 and 2022 re affirmed is: The Voters of the United States will not tolerate being Governed by honest individuals. The more degenerate and perverse, the better. The Voters demand individual like Lying Joe Biden to rule over them . Because he is just as degenerate as they are. If anything even more degenerate as evidenced by him mauling every young female he gets within 30 feet of while their parents stand there snickering. Each day there are more people declaring that they do not know if they are male or female. Each day more unborn babies are murdered on a wholesale basis and their torn apart bodies sold to the highest bidder. Each new day God is mocked more than the day before.

Almighty God is not pleased with America. What will he do? Again the Holy Bible holds the answer[s]: He has turned those who mock Him and whose hands shed Innocent Blood over to a reprobate mind. Eventually they will be turned into Hell to be tormented for Eternity. Hi is removing His Shield of Protection from America. Crime and murder will be rampart. Food shortages will manifest themselves. America will no longer be the"Land of Milk and Honey". Other things will happen too. All of them bad. So enjoy it while you can.

19 posted on 11/09/2022 11:16:37 PM PST by sport
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To: cranked

>>>>>>America loves her leaders either demented and geriatric or completely cognitively incapacitated<<<<<<

Whoever is rigging these elections does.


20 posted on 11/10/2022 2:26:00 AM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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