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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ap19361642010337_wide-7769a25c0b412d16cd90bc429813bd925608725d-scaled.jpg25601439The Virginia lawmaker is the first openly transgender U.S. state legislator. In her new memoir, she embraces the idea of using what was written about her to empower her to tell her story.