Trans Woman Elected To Nashville Metro Council

The Tennessean reports:

Olivia Hill is the first openly transgender person ever elected to Nashville’s Metro Council. According to LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, Hill is the first transgender woman elected in Tennessee history.

Hill secured one of the Council’s five at-large seats in Thursday’s runoff election with 12.9% of the vote, as of 10 p.m. Thursday night. She joins a historic number of women elected to the Council. All five at-large members will be women, as well as 17 district councilmembers. That adds up to 22 women — a majority of the 40-member council.

“I want to say that I am elated,” Hill told The Tennessean after the historic win. A Nashville native, Hill graduated from Hillwood High School in 1983. She then served in the U.S. Navy from 1986-1995 and saw combat overseas during Desert Storm.

Read the full article. Per Wikipedia: The Metropolitan Council (officially the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County) is the legislative body of the consolidated city-county government of Nashville, Tennessee and Davidson County.

Olivia Hill has made history tonight.

Here’s our story: https://t.co/SA6dxlOA6A

— Molly Davis (@mollym_davis) September 15, 2023

I’m proud to unveil our first ad in my campaign for Metro Council today! I’m ready to stand up to the bullies and protect everything we love about Nashville. Won’t you join me?https://t.co/UEOivdWc3J pic.twitter.com/dl3rUwKAMz

— Olivia for Metro Council At-Large (@Oliviafornash) July 18, 2023

Photojournalist @PartipiloJ is out and about on Nashville’s election day and caught @Oliviafornash at a poll. If Hill wins her at-large race, she will become the first transgender person elected to office in Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/ZsFxwW7wkd

— Tennessee Lookout (@TNLookout) September 14, 2023

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