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Danica A. Roem (/ ˈ r oʊ m / ROHM; born September 30, 1984) [1] [2] is an American journalist and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate since 2024. [3] A Democrat , she represents the 30th district covering part of Prince William County including the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park .
Virginia Del. Danica Roem has made political history once again after winning a seat in the state Senate on Tuesday. She is the first out transgender person elected to Virginia’s upper chamber ...
The highest elected officeholders are Sarah McBride of the Delaware State Senate and Danica Roem of the Virginia State Senate. This list is arranged chronologically by politicians' first years in each office. Some officeholders listed were not elected while out as transgender and either came out or were outed at a later date.
Danica Roem, Virginia House of Delegates, 13th District, was the first openly transgender person to be elected and serve in a state legislature. [ a ] [ 20 ] In 2023, Roem was elected to the Virginia Senate , becoming the first transgender person to be elected and serve in both houses of a state legislature in the U.S. and the first transgender ...
Lonely, poor and quite lost, Danica Roem thought she had nothing going for her back in 2016 except toned calves from toting kabobs up the stairs of apartments in Arlington, Virginia, in her dead ...
Four years later, Virginia delegate Danica Roem — the first openly transgender person to be seated in a state Legislature — made a groundbreaking appearance during the virtual DNC in 2020.
Virginia State Sen. Danica Roem, who became the first transgender person elected to any state legislature in 2017, said she has developed a supportive friendship with McBride over the years. Roem ...
Danica Roem (D), elected in 2017 as the first openly transgender official in statewide office, was reelected as House delegate for Virginia's 13th District. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Lori Lightfoot (D) became the "highest-ranking LGBTQ+ mayor" in United States history, as she was elected the mayor of Chicago with 73% of the vote, and was one of the two ...