bi-trans-alliance:micdotcom:Japan’s Tomoya Hosoda may be first out trans man elected to public
bi-trans-alliance:micdotcom:Japan’s Tomoya Hosoda may be first out trans man elected to public office in the worldTomoya Hosoda was recently elected a councillor in the city of Iruma, Japan. According to Gay Star News, the 25-year-old is the first transgender man elected to public office in the world.Hosoda came out as transgender while studying at Teikyo University. Now graduated with a degree in medical science, Hosoda will fill one of Iruma’s 22 city-councillor seats in his new position. Read more. (3/18/17, 12:30 PM)Note: Hosada is the second out trans politician to be elected in Japan, after Kamikawa Aya in 2003. New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer was the world’s first out trans member of parliament in 1999. (via Gay Star News) -- source link
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