Things I Love: Victory!

Victory in Georgia for transgender community (from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog): "When Michelle Bruce, a Georgia politician, ran for re-election last year did she mislead voters by allegedly failing to disclose that she used to be a Michael? Yesterday, in a huge victory for Bruce and the transgender community, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that she did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman. The court dismissed a suit filed by two of Bruce’s opponents — Georgia Fuller and Stan Harris, who also lost — alleging that Bruce disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year to the Riverdale Council. The court ruled unanimously that Bruce’s use of the name Michelle on ballots did not “cast doubt on the results of the election” . . . “This is a great victory for me and anyone who believes in equality,” Bruce said in a statement. “It gives me hope that the Georgia Supreme Court did what was right and did not buy into hate-based politics.” Cole Thaler, a lawyer with Lambda Legal, a gay rights organization, told the NYT, “Accusations of fraud only show the accusers’ ignorance of transgender lives.”