This November, two transgender candidates will be on the ballot for Georgia’s House of Representatives. One of them is running in Bartow County and already facing transphobic attacks from the majority conservative district. Bella Bautista, the Democratic candidate for Georgia House of Representatives District 14, is on the ballot this fall. While she ran uncontested, Bautista’s election still marks the first time an openly transgender woman has …
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