In Ron DeSantis’s Florida, voters just elected the state’s first out transgender woman

Quinnie Pérez made history Tuesday night, becoming the first out transgender woman elected to public office in Florida after winning Seat 1 on the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District board. Pérez will join the district’s nonpartisan, volunteer board in January. The board helps promote conservation and the responsible management of local soil and water resources. The daughter of…

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