“Alaska’s interior has turned out to be an unlikely place to find some big political gains, as two trans women end up in elected office.
During the state’s municipal elections, held in October, Liz Lyke and Kathy Ottersten won in their respective races. Lyke to the North Star Borough assembly in Fairbanks, while Ottersten was elected to the Fairbanks city council.
Lyke will be representing almost 100,000 people, while Otterstan will serve 32,000.
Both candidates had to navigate their identities as transgender women in the election in the state that brought us Sarah Palin, but both stress that being trans is simply another facet of their life.”
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