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Mel Wymore, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations, could be the first openly transgender officeholder in the nation’s biggest city and one of only a handful ever in the U.S.

For the first time in Pakistan’s history, transgender people are running as candidates. The development marks a sign of progress for transgender people in this conservative country, where they have long been met by abuse.

Poland’s first openly gay and transsexual lawmakers took seats on the front bench of Parliament Wednesday to protest hostile remarks by former President Lech Walesa.

Arvada, Colorado’s first openly transgender City Council member Joanne Conte passed away on Jan. 27 at the age of 79. But she leaves behind a legacy of public service as a trailblazer for the trans community.

Poland’s first transgender lawmaker lost the chance to be deputy speaker for her leftwing party when lawmakers voted overwhelming to keep the incumbent in the job.

A transgender candidate for city supervisor in San Francisco has been targeted by her opposition as being "too conservative," despite her status and her background as the executive of a sex toy company.