Althea Garrison was born on October 7, 1940. When she was elected as a Republican to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1992, Garrison became the first trans person elected to a state legislature in the United States. Althea Garrison was born in Hahira, Georgia, attending Hahira High School before relocating to Boston to attend beauty school. She went on to receive an associate’s degree at Newbury Junior College. Later, she earned a bachelor’s degree in administration from Suffolk University, […]

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