'Another Glass Ceiling Has Been Broken'

San Francisco Magazine Ahalya Srikant Courtesy Lisa Middleton A conversation with California’s first openly transgender city councilwoman. On November 7, Democrat Lisa Middleton was elected to the city council in Palm Springs, becoming the first open transgender woman to hold the position in any city in California—even San Francisco. In fact, according to LGBT activist group Equality California, Middleton is the first openly transgender person to be elected to any non-judicial office in the ...