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my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. ..you were seen across america as a trailblazer. do you still feel like that trailblazer? well, so, here s the thing. i don t try to put, you know, that title to myself. when other people ascribe it to me, that s fine. that s their interpretation. myjob is to make sure that i m fixing route 28, that i m taking care of health insurance for my constituents and really taking care of those day to day basics. and, while i m doing that, if i m able to inspire other trans people to step up and run for office, great. and when i was sworn in to the virginia house of delegates onjanuary 10th, 2018, for my firs ....
Myjob is to make sure that i m fixing route 28, that i m taking care of health insurance for my constituents and really taking care of those day to day basics. and, while i m doing that, if i m able to inspire other trans people to step up and run for office, great. and when i was sworn in to the virginia house of delegates onjanuary 10th, 2018, for my first of what s now three terms, you know, that day, i was the only out and seated trans state legislator in the country. and now, here we are, fast forward to 2022, now there s eight of us. take me back to early 2017 and being sworn in as the first transgender elected legislator to take a seat in a state legislature. yeah. so it was. so i was. so i kicked off my first campaign onjanuary 3rd, 2017, and 53 weeks later, onjanuary 10th, 2018, that s when i was sworn in to the house of delegates, and i had to win a four way democratic primary first injune of 2017. and then i took on ....