Stephe Koontz
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Stephe Koontz | |
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| Stephe Koontz | |
| Doraville City Council | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| City Council Member, 3rd District | |
Stephe Koontz is the first out transgender person to win an election in the state of Georgia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]She won a city council seat in Doraville,Georgia, in metro Atlanta,GA in November of 2017. A 32 year resident and political activist in the city, she focused on the issues, rather than her gender identity, to win by a narrow margin of six votes. She was also instrumental in gender identity being included as a protected class in the Doraville employee manual over a decade ago. She is proud to have broken this glass ceiling, and hopes to be a role model for transgender youth.
References
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/11/08/transgender-people-have-been-elected-before-but-they-can-finally-let-the-voters-know/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1fa719119af8
- ^ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/transgender-america-10-best-and-worst-moments-of-2017-w514690/the-good-election-night-2017-w514701
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-womens-march-anniversary-20180119-story.html
- ^ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-2017-s-newly-elected-transgender-officials-n832826>
- ^ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-political-candidates-score-historic-victories-across-u-s-n819096
- ^ https://www.hrc.org/blog/meet-the-transgender-americans-who-won-on-election-day
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