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The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Nashville elects Tennessee’s first openly transgender politician

A photo taken from street level, between the ankles of someone wearing rainbow socks on the left and another set of ankles on the right. In the center, in the street, is a bright red convertible decorated with rainbow flags, with a blond woman in the back waving to crowds.
Olivia Hill was the Nashville Pride grand marshall on 24 June 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Photograph: Ray Di Pietro/Shutterstock

A transgender woman won election to a seat on Nashville’s city council, becoming the first openly transgender person to be voted into political office in Tennessee.

Olivia Hill, 57, secured one of the four open at-large seats on the metro council of Nashville, a politically liberal city in an overwhelmingly conservative state.

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