“Tonight I want to say something to every little girl and every LGBTQ youth: I hope tonight it will prove to you that you can be anything you want. We did something historic tonight. “he declared on November 9 in front of his supporters.
According to the AFP, Maura Healey won the mid-term elections in the United States hands down, counting no less than 63.2% of the votes in her favor. At 51, she becomes the first woman to be elected governor of the state of Massachusetts and the first openly lesbian woman to become governor in the United States.
“ We may be the first, but we won’t be the last ”
Lawyer, Democratic Party member, Maura Healey is married to a woman, Gabrielle Wolohojian. A prominent LGBTQ + personality in the United States, she gladly takes on the role of lesbian feminist standard-bearer.
On Twitter, she posted a photo of herself surrounded by the women who will accompany her in her new functions, also newly elected in Massachusetts: Kim Driscoll, lieutenant governor, Andrea J. Campbell, attorney general, and Diana DiZoglio, tax auditor. State. “We may be the first, but we won’t be the last”wrote in the photo caption. “We want all the girls to know that there is no roof you cannot break.”
We may be the first, but we won’t be the last.
We want you to know all the little girls out there that there is no ceiling that you cannot break. pic.twitter.com/nbCypzP3ZD
– Maura Healey (@maura_healey) November 9, 2022
Maura Healey’s inauguration is scheduled for January 2023. According to AFP, 678 LGBTQ + people participated in the mid-term elections this year. A historic first in the United States.
Photo credit: Maura Healey Becomes First Time / Openly Lesbian Governor, YouTube screenshot
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