Transgenders are also starting to be included in politics. This year was a great breakthrough for transgender candidates as they won races in Virginia, Minnesota, California, and Pennsylvania. Democrat Danica Roem became Virginia’s first transgender lawmaker, she beat Republican lawmaker Robert Marshall who drafted a “bathroom bill” that was meant to prohibit transgender people from using the bathroom that their gender identity matched up with. When Danica was asked about her opponent (Robert Marshall) she responded with, “I don’t attack my constituents. Bob is my constituent now.” (Nilsen)