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A Muslim Millennial Was Elected the Country’s First Out Nonbinary Lawmaker — in Oklahoma

November 5, 2020 by Staff

(The Washington Post) At first, Mauree Turner tried to recruit other Oklahoma City activists to run for state office, insisting that it was important to send underrepresented candidates — queer, or working class, or people of color — to the state capitol.

But many of those approached instead turned to Turner, a 27-year-old criminal justice advocate, and reversed the proposition: Why not run for office yourself?

More than a year later, Turner — a queer, Black Muslim who wears a hijab and identifies as nonbinary — won a seat Tuesday in the Oklahoma state legislature‚ becoming the first openly nonbinary state lawmaker in the country.

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