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Tennessee elects its first transgender lawmaker
(www.nbcnews.com)
No shit. Tennessee?
Brava! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It's Nashville city council so technically in Tennessee.
Metro council. Sounds like it's in charge of more than just the city itself.
What a beautiful glimpse of hope! Headlines are headlines. This one was in direct opposition to the gloomy ones I sadly accept without any evidence.
One bad review has the power to taint nine good ones.
I think this works in reverse as well.
Cheers, yo!
Initial reaction: "Huh, Tennessee? That's unusual"
On further reading: "oh, Nashville Metro Council. It's a city-county council that represents under 20k people."*
The title makes it read like a state representative to my foreign eyes.
* Edit: my mistake, each council member represents 15-17k people. Thanks @analwound for the correction.
The title makes it read like a state representative to my American eyes.
I don't think anyone would call a city council member a "lawmaker" in the US. We don't even call them "laws" at the city level; they're called "ordinances".
I live in TN. I’ll take this as a win!
Calling them ordinancemakers might confuse people
It’s still a win
It's a county with 700k people
My mistake, I misread this:
The members elected by districts represent 15,000 to 17,000 residents each, and all Metro Council members serve part-time.
She represents under 20k people, which is a lot of people. So that's cool.
Thanks @analwound for the correction.
Damn, there used to be subreddit for when people with inappropriate names give good advise. Does anyone know what it was called and if lemmy has one?
how the fuck did that happen
Well, I voted for them so I'll take partial credit.
Nashville is an oasis of blue in a red state... But I suppose that describes all big cities in red states these days.
Nice. I have a feeling they'll try their best.
Nashville is an oasis of blue in a red state
Bigger cities and places with a lot of artists and musicians tend to be more accepting.
Honestly, if I didn't absolutely hate modern country music, I'd consider moving there. It's bad enough here in Indiana.
Big mama!
Hopefully she's good at the job.
I'd get so much more excited about these headlines if these people didn't invariably end up being pro-corporate shills every time.
Here’s to hoping this small victory sends a bigger message!
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