Geraldine Roman won the first legislative district of Bataan on Monday, May 9, to become the first transgender to ever be elected in the House of Representatives. Partial and unofficial results as of 3:28 AM on May 10 show Roman of the Liberal Party (LP) triumphant with 104,287 votes (62%) compared to Danilo Malana of the Aksyon Demokratiko Party, who received 63,881 votes (38%). Roman previously said “The goal of all LGBTs is someday, hindi pag-uusapan yung genders, but yung (we don’t talk about gender but) qualifications because we can contribute to the growth of our country.”
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