Pakistan: Transgender Candidate Running For Office

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        Pakistan: Transgender Candidate Running For Office
     
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The vice president admired another man’s appearance while visiting Maine — and added to his administration’s growing catalog of hypermasculine body talk.

Ace Rios has already started setting up his classroom before a 2-2 split vote by the school board meant he had to leave.

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