Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul. Courtesy photo. Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, made history in 2022 when she was elected to the ...

State Rep. Leigh Finke was honored alongside the likes of former First Lady Michelle Obama, actress Goldie Hawn and NASA astronaut Col. Nicole Mann as a select group of “local and national heroines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leigh Finke knows representation matters. As Minnesota’s first out transgender lawmaker, she intends to set an example for others ...

The streets of Minneapolis are eerily quiet. Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke (D) describes a palpable absence of people out and about. Restaurants are closed (some indefinitely), and shops are devoid ...

Leigh Finke has won Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for Minnesota’s state House district 66A. The journalist, advocate, and filmmaker will now advance to November’s general election, where she ...

Being transgender is not something Leigh Finke is trying to hide. It's there the moment someone sees her — resplendent in pastel-hued hair — or when she opens her mouth to speak. The fear of other ...

USA Today stood by its decision to honor male-born legislator Leigh Finke as one of its 2023 Women of the Year as critics on the right decried the move as the latest example of male-to-female ...

Rep. Leigh Finke addresses students and community members during a rally in support of transgender students outside Hopkins High School after a 17-year-old trans student was assaulted at the school ...

Democrat Leigh Finke made history Tuesday night after she won her primary for the Democratic nomination in District 66a for the MN House. Even more history could be made if Finke ends up winning ...

USA Today honored a transgender lawmaker from Minnesota on its annual "Women of the Year" list. Democratic State Rep. Leigh Finke is the first openly transgender person to be elected to and serve in ...