Geraldine Roman makes historical win

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Geraldine Roman won the local seat for the first district of Bataan in the May 9 Philippine elections. She is the country's first transgender to be elected to office. One day, Roman says, she hopes that people will look beyond her gender and focus on her capabilities as a public servant. Image: Geraldine Roman (TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)



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