Gumawa ng kasaysayan si Geraldine Roman bilang unang transgender na uupong kongresista sa Pilipinas. Kilalanin siya sa pagpapatrol ni MJ Felipe. TV Patrol, Martes, Mayo 10, 2016.
Geraldine B. Roman is a Filipino journalist and politician. She was elected as the Representative of the 1st District of Bataanfollowing the 2016 Philippine elections, becoming the first openly transgender woman elected to the Congress of the Philippines
Geraldine Roman was the second of four children born into a political family, to Herminia Roman and Antonino Roman, Jr.[5] During childhood, she was teased by her classmates but her father taught her to be confident. Some years later, she attained two master's degrees and worked in Spain as a senior editor for the Spanish News Agency before returning to the Philippines in 2012 to take care of her father, who was seriously ill by that time.[4]
During the 2016 Philippine elections, Roman ran under the Liberal Party banner for the position of 1st District Representative for Bataan in the House of Representatives. The winner of the election is set to replace the incumbent Herminia Roman, Geraldine's mother, who was term-limited. She competed against Hermosa Mayor Danilo Malana of Aksyon Demokratiko.
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