Nev.'s Scott Could Be Nation's First Transgender State Legislator

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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The executive director of Equality Nevada is running for the Nevada assembly and if she wins, she'll make history.

Lauren Scott -- running as a Republican but previously a Democrat -- is hoping to represent assembly district 30 in Carson City. Scott not only runs the state's LGBT organization, she "works as a consultant to government and private industry, focusing on business development and renewable energy issues," according to Nevada's mynews4.com. She previously served in the Air Force for seven years.

If elected, Scott would be the nation's first openly transgender state legislator.

"We need visionary and decisive leaders in Carson City, not legislators beholden to corporate interests," Scott is quoted as saying. "If left unchecked, neoconservative policies will turn Nevada into a corporate-owned wasteland, not a state for the people and their families. I will bring leadership and common sense back to the Republican Party." Read more here.