Virginia lawmaker and metallic singer Danica Roem has made historical past but once more.
After turning into the primary overtly transgender particular person elected to the Virginia House of Delegates again in 2017, Roem on Tuesday grew to become the primary overtly trans particular person elected to the Virginia State Senate.
Roem ran in opposition to Republican Bill Woolf to signify Virginia’s thirtieth District in the higher chamber.
“I’m grateful the people of Virginia’s 30th senate District elected me to continue representing my lifelong home of western Prince William County and greater Manassas,” Roem stated in a press release.
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“The voters have shown they want a leader who will prioritize fixing roads, feeding kids, and protecting our land instead of stigmatizing trans kids or taking away your civil rights,” she added on Tuesday.
Roem did not make her sexual identification a central half her marketing campaign, as CBS News stated. Instead, she campaigned on giving Virginia lecturers a elevate, making healthcare extra accessible and stopping the continued risk of gun violence.
Danica Roem’s Metal Band
Roem beforehand carried out as a vocalist for a Virginia-based metallic band referred to as Cab Ride Home. In a 2017 interview with Loudwire, she described her persevering with lifelong metallic fandom.
“The funny thing about me being in office, is I will always still be that metal nerd writing ‘SLAYER’ in the corner of a notebook,” Roem defined. “Here I am, a 33-year-old stepmom, newly elected and I’m still writing the Metallica ninja star. That totally doesn’t change when you get elected into office.”
She recalled, “When I was in high school, my favorite show to watch was on Saturday nights on the public access channel, and it was fed in from Canada, Much Loud. That’s where I got a lot of exposure to stuff you don’t see in the mainstream — Napalm Death, Nothingface. And I mean early Nothingface. They’d play black metal stuff like Emperor. I love Swedish metal, Finnish metal.”
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Danica Roem in Cab Ride Home
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