WINNIPEG — Logan Oxenham is celebrating a number of firsts this month. He was elected for the first time to Manitoba's legislature with the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election.
He was elected for the first time to Manitoba's legislature with the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election.
Jamie Lee Hamilton was the first transgender person to seek public office in Canada, when she unsuccessfully ran for Vancouver city council in 1996. "It takes tremendous courage and resilience to have to go through that barrage of hate and to make yourself so publicly vulnerable to simply run for political office," said Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair for the public understanding of sexual and gender minority youth.
Oxenham first ran in the 2022 byelection for the Winnipeg riding of Kirkfield Park. He lost to Progressive Conservative Kevin Klein. "It's so important for the conversation that they can have at the table in terms of policy development and issues around health care and education," she said."Those lived experiences are invaluable."Uzoma Asagwara, who is non-binary, was re-elected for a second term with the NDP. Transgender candidates Shandi Strong and Trevor Kirczenow ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals.
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