From The Guardian:
A former megachurch pastor who endured 15 years of conversion practices is set to become the first transgender member of Michigan’s state legislature after winning a Democratic primary election on Tuesday.
Joanna Whaley comfortably defeated Frank Liberati, a former state representative, and Gary Schlack in the primary for the second district of the Michigan statehouse, a Democratic stronghold. Earlier this year Liberati sought to have Whaley disqualified from the ballot over her name change but the Wayne county clerk’s office dismissed the challenge, finding that Whaley’s candidate affidavit was legal and proper.