“It’s been a whirlwind, to say the least,” says Rosemary Ketchum.
Ketchum, 26, became the first openly transgender elected official in West Virginia when she won a city council seat in Wheeling on June 9. She is now one of 27 out trans elected officials in America, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.
Ketchum’s may seem an unlikely victory — many West Virginians identify as conservative, and…
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